Arteis/History

History
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Early life
Arteis was born in Nelocte, and spent most of his early life there. Being Itari he fit in pretty well but being unable to fly made him feel a little out of place, his friends and many others in the city could go to places that he couldn't reach by land, which occasionally lead to him being excluded.

Hearing about the trader cities outside of the tribe lands, interested him. The tribes had be his home for his life up until now, and he had, enjoyed it for the most part. Perhaps because unlike many of his friends, he wasn't as free to travel or perhaps because he'd never quite fit in to begin with, tales of far off lands and even other cities fascinated him. He had never left Nelocte, and tales of vast cities built on the water on the backs of trader ships, or at the foot of a colossal tree, excited him; which given that he lived on a city built onto and into floating islands might come as a surprise for most.

while on Nelocte he'd been relatively normal for a kid his age, and got on pretty well with most people. All ways up to something, if not playing with friends, or exploring the island. he enjoyed his time in Nelocte immensely, but it felt like there was always something missing, and as he got older it only seemed to get larger, and eventually he decided to leave.

Leaving Nelocte
When Arteis reached adulthood he decided to leave and make his way to Rongokerai deciding that it would be easiest to cross the desert rather than attempting to get through the jungles of Dathtarinall. on his way through the desert he inevitably ended up in the Meera. Meera seemed truly amazing to him, head heard stories, but the riches of the city seemed far grander in person. of course outside of the tribe lands he hand a problem: he needed money, his people like the rest of the tribes don't use money, he had some supplies which he could trade, but they weren't enough to last him, especially as he needed supplies to move on. Getting a job wasn't easy, eventually his basic needs to priority, and he turned th theft.

There where plenty of issues being a thief on the streets of Meera, especially given that the city had a guild of thieves already. the majority of the population was aware of the threat of theft, and it was hard to find anyone who was easy to steal from, and the guards where vigilant. His first attempt was small he tried to steal a loaf of bread from a market stall didn't go well, he got away with it, but not without getting noticed, resulting in him almost being caught by the guards. he spent several months, taking what he needed to survive from passers by mostly naive travelers, or distracted merchants who weren't guarding they're stalls properly, eventually he started to get to grips with it. though he had plenty of trouble with guards and occasionally the thieves guild as well, in the form of competition or potentially as as victim, though he was pretty careful most of the time.

eventually he had enough stashed away that he could afford transport to a port and passage to Rongokerai, planning to continue on to his original destination at the least, and get out of the immense heat of the desert.

Arrival in Rongokerai
After a long trip from Meera across land and sea, Arteis finally arrived at his destination of Rongekerai, the spectacular floating city, that dwelled in the deep ocean off the coast of the Rosario mainland. The city amazed him and he was eager to get to get aboard and explore the marvel, that was the floating city.

Rongokerai felt like the place for him, in a lot of ways it wasn't so different from home, after all Nelocte was a city built across floating islands, and Rongokerai is a floating city built from a number of boats, the biggest difference, naively in Arteis' mind was that in Rongo he didn't have to worry about not being able to fly. In reality of course the two are quite different, and he didn't get on there immediately, living in a strange new city is hard, and it was very different from anywhere he'd been before.

Fortunately Rongo's lack of strict laws, gave him space to slot into society, he'd spent several months in Meera as a thief, and it seemed easier in Rongo. There where so many people from all over Arcadia, many of whom made easy targets for a quick thief in the crowded narrow walkways of the floating city making picking pockets in passing pretty easy.

It took a while but he got used to the new city and found it to his liking, and settling down.
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