Thoughts run wild...

The random housekeeper showed you to your room, a quite small room in the palace with a lone bed, a desk with a candle on it to keep light, in the another side of the room a small bathroom with a bathtub and an underground sewage system for your needs. You thank the housekeeper and you plop into the bed, your mind racing. It all starting with you moving to Rathkin and now this royal lady Karisi has taken you in, to fight for her in the Games of Nillix.

The Games of Nillix you thought, she did say all the kings and queens form a truce and bring their best fighters in. Maybe...just maybe you will see Claire at these games. Or at least find somebody that will know her. You take off your shirt, knowing you sleep better without it. You place the satchel that you always carry on the end table too. The golden coins you've won, as well as your most prized possession, that dry pressed purple tulip inside. No matter what happens, your main goal is to stay alive long enough to find your sister...to find Claire. Or, at the worst case, find out what happened to her.

Five years of searching, Five years of fighting, Five years of trying your best. Does this "Lady Karisi" know Claire? Should you even ask? Or maybe the "Games of Nillix" will show you the way. No matter what happens, we're in the deep end now. You've been fighting in the slums on and off for five years now. Let's hope you don't crash and burn in these "Games of Nillix"

You're tossing and turning in your bed, unable to sleep. You're worrying about your sister, about the games, about Karisi. You suddenly hear a creek at your entrance.