Tatiana The Early Years
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Title: Tatiana The early years
Author: Cherry DeLite
Tatiana Thorn, nee Alexi
Tatiana is the only child of Grigori Alexi and Katya Alexi. Her father was the local blacksmith in Mazewood. Her mother was the local chef. Her father died in a forge accident when she was 12. Her mother died a few years later, most say it was a broken heart.
Tatiana loved watching her father work and listened to him raptly as he explained the process. She took up the smith hammer when she was eight. Her father use to laugh because the hammer was almost as big as she was. By the time her father passed away, she was doing many of the mundane chores about the town, making horse shoes, sharpening blades on the peasant tools, etc.
After her father passed away, she concentrated on perfecting her skills. She so loved all the artwork of making items from raw materials, she took up many other crafting arts, tailoring, tinkering, bowyering, carpentry, and others.
At age 18, her childhood friend, Starfire, sent her to the Brotherhood of the Hand. Starfire felt Tatiana was isolating herself too much and needed to get out and meet folks. During this time, she got caught between the two sides of a battle. Three of the Moonglow Town Council lured her to a spot under the pretense of someone needing help.
Tatiana was always willing to help another out. Once isolated away from help, she was tied to a chair and a ransom was demanded of the Brotherhood in retaliation for an earlier slight.
When the Brotherhood refused, Tatiana was beaten into unconsciousness and left for dead.
Always on the quiet side, this drove Tatiana to be even more so. Fearing such a recurring incident, Tatiana took up working on her sewing skills, and carpentry skills sitting outside Hanse's, a Hostel located in Sanctus.
It was at this time, she met her first suitor. He was of Moonglow as well.
He was a fine artist and made many drawings of Tatiana, which she still has to this day. But, alas, he loved her and she saw him as a freind.
He gathered two friends, tied her to a chair inside Hanse's and took Tatiana to a hideout.
It had been his intention to hold her until she loved him. Tatiana was terrified but knew she could never love him.
He and his two freinds beat her while tied to the chair and left her for dead. It was after this, Tatiana has never sat in a chair again. She can't breathe, and starts to shake if she even tries.