Azuna, my Father’s step brother who thought the northern expedition would not be successful ran for his life after 2years of ruling with greed, brutality and lack of compassion towards the people when my Uncle Zokar returned.
He wept bitterly and vowed to find Azuna and pluck out his eyes like he did to my parents before killing them.
Azuna after 3months of running was captured and brutally killed, revenge was served but no one knew I was born or alive.
Now I live in Lodebar, the landlord who is now my father, Machir breeds men as dogs for a living. He had found me while he was returning from a “delivery of dogs” as he calls men he had trained to be loyal to his customers from divers kingdom.
Machir carried me in not knowing where I came from as it was regular for women to abandon babies at Lodebar when they can’t fend for them or such child is a bastard or sickly.
Lodebar was filled with all kinds of dejected, unknown, weird kind of people and this I know because I’m 29 years and the only difference in Lodebar.
My father, Machir would always tell me stories of lands, kingdoms and wars; the one I’d love most was that of Israel where a beautiful young soldier, father would say describing it as if he was at the battle, fought a Giant and won but now on the run because the king he fights for became mad!
I would think about this story over and over and sometimes wish to be a king and help that David if it were possible but I was nothing but a slave.
As years passed and I was enjoying been Machir’s heir, a young boy came into Lodebar who changed my destiny and that of Lodebar.
Father was old and I was learning the business when Ziba brought a 10year old boy to us, Mephibosheth is his name.
