Ex-Slaves

Free Men and Ex-Slaves: Slaves have a tattoo on the back of their hands that mark them as slaves. Dark elves  will on rare occasion, set humans or half-human slaves free. They will either get a new tattoo that marks them as a former slave or the slave tattoo will be magically removed. Most freed slaves go to the City of Light and catch a ship away from Kahdisteria as soon as they can. Before the City of Light became an open port, most former slaves would join a priesthood or go to work for the Keyric family.   The Keyric family is the wealthiest family of abolitionists in Kahdisteria. The Keyric family employs former slaves and pays them for their labor. Not much though, the Keyric family is rich, but not that rich. The Keyric family also had contact with human smugglers who could get ex-slaves passage out of Kahdisteria. The Raykar turns a blind eye to this as long as the Keyrics only smuggle out non-slaves.   Runaway slaves have two options to escape. They can make their way to the City of Light and try to stow away aboard a foreign ship or they could head for the mountains and head for the Confederacy . Most runaways who head for the mountains end up freezing or starving to death but very few of them are caught. Most runaways that head for the City of Light are caught but those who aren’t caught get to start new lives relatively quickly.   A few small tribes of free goblins live in the mountains. They will happily accept any runaway goblin slaves into their ranks. If they are in a good mood, they will provide temporary shelter to runaway human slaves before sending them on their way west as opposed to killing and eating them. If they are in a good mood, they will give runaway half-elf slaves a thirty second head start.   The Chay were not completely enslaved. A few fled to the mountains where they eke out a living against the monsters, elf patrols, and harsh elements. These small bands of bad asses have kept their numbers up by adopting runaway human and half-elf slaves into their ranks. Goblins are on their own.   Naturally, runaway slaves who have an outside sponsor helping them escape, have a much higher success rate. Adventurers from the Colassian Confederacy sometimes engage in this practice as well as bolder members of the Keyric family.