Qa'Miir woke up to the crash of a tree falling to the forest floor. Another dead, he thought. Another fall.
It wasn't the most pleasant of days; the torrents of rain from the previous day had given the forest a shiny veneer of water. The boggy earth was further soaked in murky wetness that only the inhabitants of Tenmar could consider normal. Qa'Miir could only hope the mood of the other Khajiit would be in a better condition than the weather.
"You! Outsider!" a shout came from near the fallen tree. "Help us scatter these! Ja'Rikh fell from here just a half hour ago."
It took a considerable amount of inner strife for Qa'Miir to grow accustomed to this type of treatment. It was not a shock to him that the Khajiit of Tenmar would treat him like the outsider that he really was. The tale of how a digitigrade-footed biped Khajiit like himself had come to the swamps of Tenmar was shrouded in uncertainty and mystery. What he could discern from the varied descriptions and assumptions was that he was a newborn orphan found in the deep jungle, on a dark night. He was collected from the misty darkness of the night by a Tojay elder by the name of Ajudro, who only produced him months later, and refused to state when the orphan was discovered.
When the Tojay and Dogi Khajiit of the jungle first laid eyes upon him, they saw a strangeness in him. He was a small, agile, and stealthy biped, who possessed a surprising amount of physical prowess. They immediately came to a conclusion: he was not one of them. Qa'Miir was set apart from all known breeds of Khajiit by a unique appearance. His digitigrade feet were combined with peculiar fur that changed color to help him blend in with the area, as well as keep him safe in accordance with the surrounding weather and climate. Qa'Miir also proved himself an astute learner and tactical genius on the battlefield.
Yet all these talents did was push him away from those around him.
Qa'Miir was a naturally modest person, yet the other Khajiit saw that his abilities made him seem even more different from them. Qa'Miir eventually came to understand this, and realize that those around him respected him, but did not consider him one of them.
