R-175: Hiekka Leija

Hiekka was born to a poor family living on the edge of the deserts. When he was young he was taught by his father to perform household chores and care for animals, but when he turned 12 he decided that life was too monotonous and ran away looking for something better, a tell to his selfish and naive desires. He was found a few days later by a group of men working as highwaymen and taken it at first as a sort of servant-slave, despite his pleading and acknowledgement of his mistakes. He worked as such until he turned 16, and the men decided to give the young man a chance at something better, he accepted, wanting out of his predicament, and sure their word was truthful. He aided them in capturing a traveling caravan. Doing well in his first chance, he was given more and more until he eventually became a member of their group officially. When he turned 18 he had a quarrel with the leader, stemming from a simple drunken game of gambling bones, and ended up accidentally killing the man. The rest of the group wished to slay him in retribution, but he fled into the deserts, saving his own hide. From then on he worked small jobs with similar-minded individuals, or even solo, raiding, killing, pilfering and taking what he wanted when he wanted. He found the life to be rather comfortable and had put his misdeeds behind him as an act of fate, instead of his own fault and wrongdoing. While staking out a caravan to raid, he was caught in a sandstorm and ended up in a strange cursed city by unknown means. As if a dream he went through a door, waking up in the Chronoscape. Something new awaits him.