"Father, have a bite," Our'a shoved a flake of steamed cod into the dying man's mouth. "How does it tastes?" asked Our'a. "Divine." Our'a's father died. He was only 30 years old. He died of starvation. ___________ Rothaur was born in the land of Firsthome, when the citrus and olive trees grew in the hills and the salmon and cod fed in the coasts. Athysa his mother died in childbirth, for Rothaur's will to live was so strong that his life overwhelmed her. Such is the fate of Rothaur, and his father Sarted, who had to raise him in widowhood and living his old age in solitude. "What did they say?"