Dawn was twelve when she was initiated as a Harper. Her sharp eyes noticed things that many others would have missed. She had been following one of the other urchins that night, a thief Halfling that had helped to save Neverwinter from the plague; Tommy Undergallows. Dawn never judged someone based off of race, but this fellow was suspicious, even for a Halfling. Dawn had used all her stealth skills to try to follow without detection.
The Halfling knew that she was there though. He didn't give her any sign that he knew, but he was definitely interested in how she would do. He tried to shake her as he ran across the city. He had managed to slip past many of the guards, just as she did, even though he was one half of the heroic team that had found the cure to the plague. Tommy snuck into a building in the rich and posh district past the Beggar's Nest.
Dawn didn't know why, but she didn't like having a fellow running around her hometown, possibly causing trouble, without knowing what he was up to. Dawn noticed that the thief had gotten in far easier than he should have and frowned. He had been expected. Dawn looked up at the building and grinned. 'Time to practice my own skills.' She looked into her little bag that she always kept on her. She pulled out a rope and then put it back. 'Nothing for it to grab onto, and it'll draw suspicion…' She then looked at the building's structure in the moonlight. It had more than enough holes in it, as well as bricks that were shoddily placed. 'Way too easy.'
Dawn made her way over to the building, using the shadows as her cover and started climbing the building after she was certain that the guard wasn't going to turn up. She made her way up to the window in the tower. She kept her head down as she checked to see if anyone was there. The coast was clear. She eased herself in, wearing nothing but her ragged clothes. She sniffed the air, trying to dictate how far off the occupants of the tower were from her. Her eyes widened as she realized they were heading in her direction! She noticed a cabinet where she could squeeze herself into. She carefully rearranged the glasses in the cabinet so that they were all on the shelf above her as she squeezed herself into the lower cabinet portion. 'Please don't find me…' she prayed silently, hoping for some deity to protect her, though it was rare to find one willing to even take the time to answer an urchin's prayer.
She was relieved that no one opened the cabinet, but she barely breathed as a meeting seemed to have started. She recognized some of the voices, including that of a few nobles that were kind towards the poorer people of the city, and the voice of Tommy Undergallows! "See, I's gotta catch up ta me mate, Alura. Fine cleric she is, she'll need my help again to finish solving this bit ere, ey?"
"Indeed, Mr. Undergallows. The two of you make a fine team, and I'm sure she'd appreciate having someone she can trust to come with her on this quest to find out who is behind all of this." This voice was dark, ominous, and yet feminine.
"We have all discussed our newest member to the group, and are we all in agreement?" This voice was male and it made Dawn's stomach clench.
"I think the subject is too young. No background either. It's too shady." One voice put in.
"Yet they come highly recommended." Another pointed out.
After a few minutes, Tommy spoke up again. "Look, as much as we'd like to question her about everything, I do believe it's past a few people's curfew here. Hers included."
"Whose?" One of the noble women asked.
Dawn bit her lip, feeling a gut clenching feeling about being caught. Her suspicion was confirmed by Tommy's next words. "Why the young lady who's hiding in the drink cupboard. Oy, Dawn, was it? Come on out, will ya?" Dawn kept quiet, hoping they would think he was just bluffing. Tommy just rolled his eyes and walked over to the cupboard that Dawn was hiding in. He opened the door and grabbed an arm. "Come on, no one's gonna bite."
Dawn reluctantly left the cupboard. The nobles and other people around her who were not rouges or urchins were shocked by how they had not noticed the young girl who was hidden in the tiny cupboard. Truthfully, Dawn was grateful to be out of the tiny place, but was still nervous. Only a handful of the people in the room knew who she was or what she was. The rest were aristocrats of some sort.
Dawn held herself at full height, not wanting to look scared. Her blonde hair was covered in dirt and dust, but still held a touch of shine somehow. Her blue and green eyes radiated confidence and wisdom as she looked to each person who was staring at her. Somehow, she seemed to radiate a touch of regality without knowing it.
"See ere, none a ya knew she was here, and yet, she kept silent and learned all, eh?" Tommy smirked as he patted the girl's back. Dawn blushed at the praise, unused to comments like that.
The next thing Dawn knew, she had been given a parcel and was told she was now an official Harper, of the Watchmen rank. It had been so confusing that Dawn didn't even realize that she had been escorted out to the sewer tunnels. Dawn went to bed that night knowing only that she had been promised that they would look into her origins based off of the strange insignia she always wore, and in return, she would assist them in trying to keep the balance. Dawn smirked as she read the letter that was in the parcel. It was her guarantee that she was going to be something special. 'Looks like I need to train more though.' She thought in embarrassment as she realized how easily Tommy had known she was there.