Role

Chapter 6

Therisa was born to a poor family in Galadon. Her family had moved from
Hillcrest several generations ago in an attempt to earn a living selling
vegetables. Her family has always been gifted in agriculture, yet Hillcrest
is already overpopulated with farms and nearly everyone has a garden. So,
they came to Galadon to make their fortune. They bought a large house on
outskirts of town and started a modest farm. Before long, they had plenty
of vegetables to sell, and they set up a roadside stand near the western
gate of Galadon to sell their crop. They began to make money, slowly at
first, but soon they were taking in quite a bit more than they had hoped.
The family expanded, the farm grew larger, and the profits continued to
increase. Soon the Graremeth family had several vegetable stands, plus
exported vegetables to other towns with their growing legion of donkey
carts. Things were good.
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However, where there is money in the city, there are eyes watching from the
shadows, rubbing their greedy hands together. Such was certainly the case
here. The Galadon thief guild has their hand in many business's pockets,
and they did not fail to notice this farm which began to flourish on the
outskirts of their town. They wanted a piece of the pie, and they meant to
get it no matter what tactics they had to use. Soon the family was visited
by men bearing what seemed a friendly offer. If they were to pay these men
a small fee, only %2 of their profits, these men would offer protection to
the family farm. The farm has just recently (conveniently enough) been
experiencing robberies and vandalism of their equipment, so they agreed.
But the %2 offer only lasted a few years. Soon the men were back asking for
more money, saying that their costs had gone up. The family reluctantly
agreed. A few years later, the same. And a few years later again. By the
time Therisa's parents inherited the farm from Therisa's grandfather, the
fee was at %15 of the total profit. Far too high, thought Therisa's father,
and he meant to put a stop to it.