Sagosmer's mother lived in one of the many valleys of the Cloudwood, hiding from powers she never spoke of. She told Sagosmer when the girl was still a child that her father was a refugee from Avilona, and that he had gone on his way not long after the child was conceived. The girl grew up fascinated by the high mountains and by magic, and had an unremarkable childhood.
When the fourth Yerasol war began, she lied about her age and joined the fight. Her mother was heartbroken, but to Sagosmer, it was an opportunity to escape a dreary life in a dull village. It was also a chance for her to learn magic. Shortly after arrival in the archipelago, she found out that war was not a grand adventure, but a desperate struggle for survival against horrors of magic and technology.
The armies suffered defeat after defeat, and Sagosmer survived, but saw her friends and comrades die by the dozens. In the final battles, she dropped her sword and shield, picking up a staff and fighting with magic, and managed to save the lives of several members of her company. Though the battle - and the war - were ultimately lost, the girl from Cloudwood had found a sort of heroism in herself.
On returning to Flint, she found a Magus who understood what she had discovered, and used her pay from the war to apprentice herself to him. Now, she has completed her training, and has found a place in the Royal Homeland Constabulary.
