They say twin share a special bond. It's something that if you aren't a twin you will never quite understand but it's a closeness and an understanding without any words. Two people spend their whole life together from the moment of conception they have all the same experiences never needing to explain themselves to the other.
Avery and Ava came from as humble beginnings as you could imagine. They were raised by a single mother with no other family to lean on. They never had enough money and went hungry and cold most nights. Despite their success as adults neither of them even knew how to read before the age of 16 and had made it through life on their survival skills.
The streets of the pleat are a hard place for kids but those kids unlucky enough to grow up their tend to bond together. There weren't rival gangs or petty fights they all looked out for themselves. The twins had one notable friend who stuck with them a Feline girl named Camille. The three of them had a habit of getting into tricky situations.
Avery had a strong sense of justice and never hesitated to stick up for the little guy. his since of justice would start more fights than it prevented but luckily for him he had 2 devoted team mates who without hesitation would help him get out of these tussles.
Their mom died when they were 14 and the twin were kicked to the curb as fast as their land lord could manage. They would pick up odd jobs to get food, accompanying mercenaries who needed Extra muscle, cleaning the stables, really anything they could get paid to do.
It was on a hot summer afternoon when he was 15 that Avery turned his misfortune around. Outside of a tavern there were always a number of homeless drunkard who would sleep all day a drink all night. He felt bad for them they were like him a man with nothing to their name but they didn't have anyone looking out for them.
Avery was passing by the bar when he noticed a mercenary man handling one of the old men. The mercenary was a large half orch with expensive armor and in comparison the homeless man looked like a pile of rags blowing in the wind. by no means did this appear to be an equal matchup.
"stop that!" Avery called out and ran toward the scene. He, His sister and Camille had all been hired to help one of the merchants move their merchandise from a warehouse to the store front. They didn't have time for a fight but that didn't stop Avery.
"Avery!" Ava tries to stop him but it's no use he was already within punching distance of This mercenary.
"Put him down what's wrong with you! Just because you're big and tough you think you can throw your weight around and pick on those smaller than you." Avery yanks the Half orc's arm off the older man.
"Butt out of this Urchin." The Mercenary pushes Avery away and approaches the older man again
"I won't sit here and let you bully him!" Avery shoves back. He didn't do much to the larger man but he wasn't a coward.
"You don't know what your doing. This man isn't some innocent old man and I don't want to beat up a kid." The larger man grabs Avery by the jacket and goes to move him out of the way when a fate encounter happened
"Now this is quite the scene." A Bronze Dragonborn man steps into the scene. he was tall and muscular but still slender. He wore the military uniform for the logic kingdom and was well decorated at that. He had an aura of power around him just the kind of feeling you'd imagine a general would carry.
Ava panics seeing a knight and she quickly grabs her brother and drags them off while the Dragonborn was dealing with the half Orc. She drags him down an alley way closely followed by Camille. The three of them suck behind a large trash heap.
"That was too close. Avery what if you got taken to the Logic Kingdom." Ava was shaking.
"I was doing the right thing.." Avery patted her head to calm her down "if I do the right thing everything will be ok."
"That's not necessarily true." Camille parks herself on top of a waste bin.
"It is good things come to good people." Avery tried to reassure the two girls
"Avery when has good things ever come to us?" Ava holds his hand tightly. "We lost mom we can't push our luck."
"Ava." Avery smiles. "I'm your other half and your my other half and we'll be together forever." He holds out his pinky "promise"
"I'm not 5" Ava says stubbornly
"I know that you're tougher than I am." Avery smiles again at her.
"Ok ok.... but you did say forever." Ava then wraps her pinky around his.
"Bleh!!!" Camille fakes puking
The three of them then left to finish their job moving store goods. Luckily they stayed off of the main roads and out of trouble. But they could see that Dragonborn hanging around. he must been hanging around for a reason and none of them wanted to find out why.
The next day while Ava found some work at the brothel as a maid Avery was left to shovel the stalls in the stables alone. This was his least favorite job but it always needed done and on days when he couldn't find anything else he knew they would pay him to shovel poop.
"So I see picking fights is a side gig." The commanding voice of the bronze dragon born come from behind him. Avery freezes. Should he run... he hadn't done anything wrong though. "Don't be scared I'm not here to fight a kid... that's not my style besides I have a 12 year old at home who picks enough fights with me."
"I'm sorry for causing a scene... I just don't like when guys pick on people weaker than them." Avery says without looking back and just continuing his work.
"I feel the same way." The Dragonborn walks into his line of site and takes the shovel. "I assume you don't love this job."
"I like any job that pays." Avery says before trying to take back the shovel. Unsuccessful because the Dragonborn moves it out of reach.
"I won't pretend to get it cause I lived a charmed life but I do recognize a just man when I see one. You want to protect others even if you don't know them. You think doing the right thing is most important. You don't so it for any kind of gain you want to make the world a better place. You have all the makings of a knight."
"Except the training and education." Avery then reaches for the shovel again. And again it it moved out of his reach
"That can be rectified my boy. If you're interested.." the Dragonborn is then cut off.
"AVERY!!" Ava calls from the entrance to the stables before running to his protection "stay away from him." She stands in front of Avery and begins channeling a spell.
"There is a second one?" The Dragonborn smiles
"WRONG" and Camille pounced from behind the man but is quickly shrugged off into the ground.
"I see you have a family." He smiles and hands back the shovel . "If you ever want a way to protect your family and to stop shoveling poop... look for me in Shihon." He then pats Ava and Avery's heads and leaves.
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For Everly & other D&d collections
FantasyShe started as a D'nD character but I wanted to write her story I will also be posting side stories about other Characters in this universe. Everly came from nothing and was adopted by Izuiel one of the 4 Lords. She was a gifted child and because th...
