Jia Qing was born on the 2nd of April 1239. In Halmar. A frontier town of the declining Khergit Khanite. Both of her parents had enlisted themselves in the great Khergit raid on the Swadian Empire, which, whilst breaking the empire into several pieces now known as the kingdoms of today, had bankrupted the realm and now faced utter decline. Hundreds of Refugees daily headed across the desert and the Steppes, returning to their old homeland. Many died on the journey. Her mother had died during the failed Siege of Praven, whilst her father had been taken Prisoner and was missing for 12 years. In the care of bakery assistant every since, Qing took up her live savings of 200 Denars (Including several weapons inherited from her family.)
Enlisting herself with the Guild master into Halmars local guard unit, her fast task was to help root out bandits who were prying on the weak Khergit state and profit from raiding caravans. With 200 Denars she hired many men from nearby villages, one of which bordered newcomers to the land, who inhabited a large area of desert, surviving off the Oasis's that dotted it.
Qings party now had 11 peasant soldiers, now doing the task of bandit hunting. The bandits however were nowhere to be found. The party ran in circles around the town, and found nothing. A large waste of money and food, the party gave up. It seemed the bandits had already been crushed by a passing Khergit horde, not only did this make an reward gone, but a party that now needed paying and feeding. Qing new, she must leave these declining lands and seek her fortune further north. The Swadian army was once again attempting to retake its lands by striking northwards at the Nords, but the arrival of a new southern sand threat, meant that the Khergit Kingdom would be lucky to last another decade without complete destruction.
