𝓕or the Muzina people, the firstborn child is always born with a curse. Ill fortune will follow them and harm will strike those closest to them. As such, the firstborn are sacrificed at birth — or at least, that's how things should unfold. Kathiz's mother was unable to sacrifice her son, and allowed the cursed child to live. For this act of compassion, she was branded and cast out, taking her child with her. As the legends warned, bad luck followed Kathiz throughout his life, stripping him of his mother when he was still a child (his father eventually hunted her down); destroying the families that tried to take him in; sabotaging his ritual test of pain; and eventually destroying the woman he loved. He still wears the marriage rings in memory of his beloved Tythia and he has not seriously courted anyone since, regardless of his feelings. He was given the chance as a young adult to seal his curse away forever, but the cost was more than he was willing to pay. Instead, he chose an honest life kept roaming, doing small odd jobs to earn his keep and moving along before his curse could claim another. Despite this heavy origin, Kathiz has always been hopeful by nature. He doesn't know how to give up or give in, and has always believed that if he just tries a little bit harder, he can make things bright.