Neeve "Nine-Fingers" Keene

Neeve Keene was born to two poor cordwainers in a small trading post on the road between Luskan and Neverwinter. If the trading post ever had a name, it has been lost to time and the fire which claimed it. Bandits from Luskan, hungry for loot, ransacked the small outpost and killed most of the workers and traders who lived within. Keene was one of only three children spared death in the wake of the vicious attack. Only four years old at the time, Keene was taken to nearby Luskan where she joined the ranks of that city's street urchine population.
In the years following, Keene became the leader of a vicious gang of bandits who labeled themselves the Manticores. They robbed, beat, and blackmailed anyone who they thought could offer them the fastest road to monetary reward, quickly gaining a reputation for their cruelty. Soon, however, Keene learned that there was no honor among thieves. She was left inside of a home in the middle of a botched robbery and attacked by a rival group of thugs. It was here that Keene lost her finger in a knife fight, gaining her the notorious nickname "Nine-Fingers." Keene was then Badly injured from a dagger wound to her face and neck, giving her a noticeable scar which led from below her left eye, all the way to her left shoulder. Keene was able to flee the house and retreat to the bank of the River Mirar, hiding under the Dalath's Span bridge.
Bleeding badly, Keene waded through the filth and mire of the River Mirar and worked her way South along the Sword Coast. For weeks she scrounged for food and safety amongst the harshness of the land, avoiding bandits and monsters both in order to make her way to the Jewel of the North, Neverwinter.
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