Black Cade

Overview
Abandoned at birth, Cade was taken in and first grew up in a small orphanage where he delighted in entertaining the other children with his natural gift for music.

At age 9, thanks to the corruption of those in power, the orphanage was torn down in the middle of the night, and the sisters who ran it slaughtered, to be replaced by a mansion for a member of the city's nobility. Cade was then left to survive on the streets, becoming part of a gang of the abandoned children from the orphanage. Thriving, comparably, due to his ability to entertain through his music and quick wit.

When Cade was 17 the corruption of the court grew so bad that the common folk of the city rose up under the leadership of Dayve, who owned a tavern and a brothel and regularly hosted Cade to entertain his patrons in exchange for food scraps and the opportunity to earn coin. Taken under Dayve's wing and following his preaching of equality for all, Cade became idealistic and joined the uprising. Following 2 weeks of fighting throughout the city Dayve's uprising overthrew the nobility and, in a portent of things to come, Dayve order all members of the court put to death. Dayve quickly became more corrupt, vicious and power-hungry than even those before him. Eventually going so far as to start ordering the deaths of those who spoke out against him. This broke this still idealistic Cade, leading him to cut Dayve's throat and flee into the night.

Cade now believes that those in power are invariably corrupt, or will become so, and that the fairest social order is none whatsoever. This has been reflected in his music, now dark and nihilistic, and his dress, a style known in another realm as "punk", and has lead to his nickname "Black Cade". He lives now as a traveling bard, angry and seeking purpose.

Stats
Player: Hugh

Class: Bard

Race: Lightfoot Halfling

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Level: 1

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