Come east, they told me. Defend our honor and our way of life among the heathens.

I went, but I found no heathens, unless I myself qualified. Instead, I found of land of strange riches and infinite mysteries.

So I stayed, and learned the ways of the traders. I return to my birthplace now and again, for I love its green hills and cool rains, but another part of my heart lives in ports and on caravans, and it is there I will built my own Noble House...