Niamh Brennan was born into a family of peasants in a small village in the middle of nowhere. She had always been a bit tomboyish, and spent her days climbing trees and exploring the forest near her home. When she was 10, she found a sword in the forest that had been discarded by a bandit. She took it home, and spent hours practicing with it. Over the years, she became an expert swordsman. When Niamh was 15, her village was attacked by a group of bandits. Her parents were killed, but Niamh fought back. She managed to kill several of the bandits before they finally captured her and took her prisoner. Niamh spent the next few years as a slave, forced to do brutal labor for the bandits. But she...