Korvis

Korvis was very young, very small and very lost. Things were difficult, he could not speak and did not know any good mimic words to ask for help. He had been a part of a group of Kenku travelling merchants and somehow, being a small child he had gotten separated. Not knowing the way back to his flock he spent a few rough nights on the streets ducked in an alley out of the cold. A side door opened and a woman in blue robes stepped out, putting out the garbage. Her hair was deep brown like her eyes and she smiled at him. She invited him inside, into the warm and gave him food. The communication was difficult at first, and she spoke with him at great length about the goodness of Father Steve. To help him she gave him a book of the teachings of father Steve and she called herself Helia. She gave him the name Korvis, as he could not communicate the name his parents had given him. He stayed in the church for years, helping around, and playing music for the church before the sermons. Then one night, brigands tried to rob the church. Korvis lost his eye defending the church, and he saved Helia's life using dissonant whispers. As a gift for his rescue, she gave him a glass orb as a replacement eye. She told him it was magic and he thinks she says that to help ease his pain, and the kindness does make him feel better. As time passes, and wounds heal, he learns to mimic the words of Father Steve through Helia's sermons. Eventually, men show up, wearing strange robes, with strange sigils around their necks. Helia sends Korvis away on an errand and when he returns, the church is on fire, and Helia is dead. Not knowing what to do next, he decides to leave the city, maybe find a new family, or maybe his old family. He plays music to earn his passage and his travels lead him to Dire-Arch.