Cyx (pronounced “6”) has no knowledge of his real home nor his real parents. He was left as an infant at the steps of God’s Works Orphanage in Magnimar. This orphanage also had dealings in child slave labor in the underbridge section of the city.
Cyx never was given a real name he was always referred to as number 6. And as such he eventually adopted that as his name. Once Cyx was old enough he was sent to the sewers of the Shadow district to work as a miner digging tunnels to other areas of the city creating secret passages to manor houses and warehouses for various nefarious organizations
Knowledge of these tunnels is a precious thing and one does not learn of them without a price. And a slave that digs them, it is no different. Cyx learned these tunnels as he worked pretending to be ignorant of their directions, ignorant of their purpose. He gained knowledge that would be priceless to the right buyers.
Eventually, as Cyx grew he became stronger; hardened by the work in the tunnels. He felt it was time to find an escape. Then, one night the opportunity arrived. There was a squabble between a couple of the factions in the underworld and in the ensuing chaos Cyx made his escape.
He quickly overpowered a guard and managed to make his way to the city streets above. Looking for a place to hide until the situation would die down; Cyx made his way into a small school of combat run by a Tien man named Dom Sun. Cyx was able to prove his worth in the school and "impressed" the teacher. So much so that he was enrolled into the school and taught the martial arts of unarmed combat.
For 3 years he trained and practiced learning all that he could. And using his knowledge of the tunnels and secret passages of the under city to go and obtain money and “fun”; he used the school and his teacher as a front to begin his dealings with the criminal underworld selling the knowledge he possessed learning to negotiate deals, strike bargains, and of course how to manipulate people.
Eventually the Council of Ushers found out about Cyx and wanted the information as well. Cyx didn’t care who the customer was as long as the pay was good. And he began his dealings with the council as well.
Cyx saw power in the Council and began to take notes on their dealings building a collection of information to blackmail the entire council. He was able to sweet talk some council members into sedition against other council members. The plot to overthrow the Council of Ushers had begun.
Unfortunately, in his dealings, Cyx made plenty of enemies as well as friends and he was betrayed and arrested. He was sentenced to death by hanging but managed to lie his way into a lighter sentence (if you could call it that) and was instead sentenced to life in the Talingarde prison.
While in Prison Cyx mulled over who betrayed him and came to one conclusion Nein (pronounced “9”) He was always jealous on Cyx. Nein was a ruthless Teifling and had an unnatural affinity to undead. (he is an undead bloodline sorcerer).
Cyx began his plot of revenge…
