Everyone knows how Erkins got his start. That's one story he's not shy about telling. You heard of the manor you can never find if you look for it? He found it. Took a walk in the hills one day and there it was.
The owner greets you if you approach. At least, he doesn't look like a servant. He asks you what went wrong. What would you say? I figure most of us would say "nothing" and lie, but Erkins isn't most of us. That part he rushes past, so nobody knows what exactly he said, but at any rate he said something.
Those two ended up talking about this and that until the sky darkened up, and then the owner went in and got Erkins a present. He said it wouldn't fix the problem, but it might ease his journey of life a little. Erkins tried to refuse it but the other man wouldn't have any of that, so instead he asked the owner what went wrong for him. He just smiled and shut the door.
When Erkins got home, he unwrapped the thing and found a chunk of gold. He's set up pretty good now after using that as collateral to start his business. Yeah, he's pretty wealthy now, though with the way he gets quiet sometimes you know something went wrong somewhere. That's normal, though, but being well-off isn't so much.
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