Shaiven, a Nix, believed she had been abandoned by her god.

The Nix species had a matrilineal society, and Shaiven’s mother was the chief of the Golden Eye tribe. Shaiven had no doubt she would become the next chief after her mother.

However, a misfortune occurred. In the northeast, the Gnoll tribe called Ears Cut had appeared.

Golden Eye was the dominant tribe in the region, so in accordance with the will of their Unseen Origins God, they fought the Ears Cut Tribe. But despite their efforts, they suffered a crushing defeat. The many casualties included warriors as well as Shaiven’s mother, the tribal chief. Fortunately enough, the Ears Cut Tribe seemed satisfied with their victory and left after only looting the Golden Eye Tribe, so the other Nixes survived, but Shaiven’s misfortune didn’t end there.

Shaiven should have taken over as the tribal chief, but she had to pay the price for her family’s decision to fight the Ears Cut Tribe, which ended in a crushing defeat. Shavien was kicked out from her home land, and the position of tribal chief went to the new priest that the Unseen Origins God had chosen. Shaiven shuddered in humiliation, insulted her own mother, and bore a grudge towards the Unseen Origins...