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Author's Note: If you're wondering who Samal is, go to the mini courtyard in Lowtown's South Sprawl. He's the alleged sky pirate who's squatting and telling kids stories. One day, Samal decides to tell the kids his entire story as a sky pirate. It starts out in third person, and will move to Samal's point of view in the second chapter.
In the game, Samal serves as nothing but a regular NPC who's only sub-plot storyline appearance is a hunt that can help lead to acquiring Chaos, but one day an idea came to me. Samal is rumored to be an ex-sky pirate and I was always curious as to what his story was and how he ended up in Lowtown.
Hope you enjoyed the intro! The pirating begins in chapter two.
Chapter I
Lowtown
Stale, damp air circulated within the bustling underground city. Dirty brown-grey walls lined the passageways, and worn tiles decorated the floors. He had walked these dimly lit pathways many times before, and he feared he would walk them many times again. On his way to the courtyard, he always passed by the same groups of people. Most of these people lost every penny they had to the war, or to Archadia's immense taxation laws. Others lost their families to either the war or to the plague, and with nothing left, they sought comfort in the companionship of old friends.
The usual crowd of dirty kids crowded around him as he walked down the stairs into the courtyard. These children led hard lives, dressed in worn clothes, and worked tough jobs just to help their families survive through another night. Yet every time that he walked down those same steps every day, they would always greet him with a genuine smile on their faces, eager to hear another story.
Samal was a good man, and although young, had already lived a full life. He had explored the world, had fallen in love, and had seen more things than men three times his age could ever dream of. He was a tall man, dressed in only simple clothing, with his light brown hair cut short. His soft brown eyes showed the wisdom he accumulated over his travels. He knew the secret pain these children suffered, and tried to ease it, if only a little, by telling them stories of myths and legends he heard from the locals of the places he visited.
"What story are you gonna tell us today?" One of the kids asked him. Samal put a hand on his hip and a finger to his chin in thought. A smile flicked across his tanned face and he snapped when he thought of the perfect story.
"Well, today, I'm going to tell you about all my adventures as a sky pirate." He said while squatting down. All of the kids seemed excited to hear about his adventures. Samal was rumored to be a sky pirate, and little did they know, the rumors were true. The Rabanastre children were fascinated by sky pirates, and maybe that's what made Samal's tales more interesting to them. The children gathered around Samal and sat down in silence waiting for his tale to begin. He cleared his throat and began his story.
"It all started on a stormy night in Balfonheim…"