All her life, Eiva has only known the life of a thief. For nearly her entire childhood, she has taken what she wanted from others and kept everyone at an arms distance. But, it wasn't her choice. Her father, Josyn, was a notorious member of a criminal organization named Sinder. An organization that had kept her fed, allowed Josyn to give her nice things for her birthday, and gave her more money than she has ever needed. To her, Sinder was a dream come true. She idolized the leader, a woman named Felicia Sinder, as a god amongst the normals that walked the city of Archerus. She grew up not knowing what having friends felt like but it didn't matter to her. All she needed was her father, the money, the expensive things, and Sinder. As she grew, it wasn't long before she started to take scores of her own.
Her first take was a random normal who just happened to pass her one night while out on a stroll in the heart of Archerus. A nice man who gave her an expensive pocket watch, a set of Charm infused earrings that lit up, and about 4000 in Ashe. Altogether, he had given her about 8000 Ashe worth of goods. All out of the kindness of his heart with some motivation from her knife against his throat. She was only 11 years old at the time, but Josyn was definately impressed and it was enough for Felicia Sinder herself to congratulate the young thief and officially induct her as an Agent of Sinder. From then on, her life had improved significantly.
As she went on through her teens, she had developed a knack for 'encouraging' the normals of Archerus to make generous donations to Sinder. Mostly due to her unique set of skills that she had learned from other Agents in Sinder and from Josyn himself. So much so, that Felicia Sinder herself had gifted her a set of Burst Incinerators, mini explosive shotguns painted in her favorite color of Magenta, for her 17th birthday. However, that birthday was what changed her entire view of Sinder and who she was. Not because of any praise she had received for being a great thief, but for letter she had found by accident during a party.
Ever since she was a child, she had always asked Josyn about her mother but she never did get any information out of him. It was as if he was intentionally avoiding any discussion on her. Eiva's earliest memory was seeing a woman holding her in her arms in a dark place. The only thing she can remember of this place was that there was a fire place behind this woman with Magenta colored hair. Then, she heard someone yelling and this woman looking up from her loving stare she was giving Eiva. Then she was gone. Never to be seen again. From then on, it's only been herself and Josyn. She doesn't even know if Josyn is her real dad to begin with. That was until she had found that letter.
During one of Sinder's usual parties, she had to escape from all of the fun and excitement due to a one of the other members of Sinder getting a little bit too confident with her. She had broken this guy's nose three times all the other times he came on to her but he just couldn't take the hint. So, she gave up and hid into a room far away from the party in the mansion that Sinder used as a hideout. Inside, while she sat on a chair at a desk lit up by a single candle, sighing and hoping that the douchebag would leave her alone, she blankly looked at the pieces of parchment scattered in the desk. Most were letters addressed to randoms in Archerus about debts and encouragement for donations. Some were lists of goods stolen, sold, bought. Boring finance stuff. But, one particular parchment caught her eye. It was a letter addressed to someone in Archerus.
"Auvi,
I'd advise you to watch where you walk in Archerus. You came too close today to your darling daughter and, as such for your transgression, we're going to raise the cost of your monthly payments by 25% for the next year.
Please don't make it any harder on yourself and Eiva. Stay in your lane and we'll stay in ours."
That night, after the party had ended, she had laid awake nearly all night in her room thinking about that letter. Auvi. Who was that? Why did the letter mention Eiva and something about this person's daughter? It was nearly dawn when her curiousity finally got the better of her. She had found Josyn in the bar area of the mansion passed out on the pool table. All she wanted was to ask him about this woman named Auvi and why the letter talked about Eiva. A choice she would come to regret.
It was as if he saw a ghost the moment Eiva woke him up and asked him about Auvi. The fear on his face was burned into her mind the moment she mentioned the name. He quickly got up and led her to his room in the mansion and shutting the door behind them.
"Where did you hear that name?! Huh? Where did you learn that?" He shook her by the shoulders. Being of the brash nature and not appreciating being grabbed so aggressively, Eiva pushed Josyn away.
"Forget about that. Who is Auvi?!" Eiva yelled back to him.
"You forget that name. You understand me?"
"Is Auvi my mother?"
"I said forget it. You're pushing your luck, Eve." She couldn't take it anymore. The lack of information that he was giving her had angered her to the point that she pulled out her Burst Incinerator from its holster.
"I'm not asking again, Josyn. Is. Auvi. My. Mother's. Name?" Josyn shook his head slightly and stared daggers into her.
"I don't want to do this, Eve. Don't make me do this." He said as he eyed his own Inceinrator on the shelf beside him.
"Don't make you what? Lie again?! Oh, we both know I don't have to make you do that." Quickly, he reached for the Incinerator and Eiva quickly aimed her Incinerator at him as he picked up what he was reaching for on the shelf. But, it wasn't the Incinerator he grabbed. It was a red scarf. He quickly threw at her and she was just about to pull the trigger being that she thought he was using the scarf as a distraction to reach for his Incernator. But, he didn't move as she caught the red scarf. She didn't move as she looked down at the scarf. This was the one he had always kept tied around his waist when he would go on a run to Archerus.
"I don't want your damn scarf, I want to know who is-"
"That's your mother's." She stopped mid sentence. She looked down once again at the scarf and felt the softness of the material in her hand. This was mom's? Was this actually mom's?
The moment she lowered her gun, Josyn grabbed his Incinerator and pointed it at Eiva who was too flabbergasted to notice.
"Go. Get out of here." He waved his gun to the open window behind her. "I said get out here! You're not welcome here anymore!" She looked up from the scarf to Josyn with red hot anger.
"I always hated you." She mumbled through gritted teeth. She noticed his eyes squinted slightly as the anger on his face changed.
"Go. Don't make me do this." After staring at each other in silent hatred, she quickly turned around and jumped out of the open window leading out to Moregrove Forest. She didn't bother looking back as she clutched the scarf close to her chest and tried to get her breathing under control.
As she walked away into the cold world, away from her home and the life she had lived for her entire life, she wondered who this scarf really belonged to. Was it actually her mother's? The woman named Auvi?
And why did Josyn do that? Why did she tell him she hated him? She didn't but the heat of the moment...he didn't have his finger on the trigger. The safety on the gun was still on as well.
She can think about that later. All she knew was that she needed to find this woman named Auvi and this scarf was all she had to go on. The best place to start looking is Archerus. Maybe if that doesn't work out she would look in the other city on the island, Gildenwood. Surely that'd be the best approach to getting these answers.
Archerus would be Eiva's first location that she'd want to look for information on Auvi. But it's here where she would find that there is actually something that would help her find her mother and get answers of who she is. A story that normals in the taverns called 'The Treasure' that would grant wishes. It's a long shot, but if it means finding mom and finding out who Eiva really is, then it's worth the effort. Maybe this other Treasure Hunter she met there would help her find the treasure and information on mom.
Who knows. The guy looks capable enough.
And...it doesn't hurt that he's easy on the eyes to.
Angry gamers it always reminds me of a easier time in my life