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Just a possible scenario;

"I never really knew my parents all that well; all I really know is that they most likely died."

"So you're an orphan?"

Norick stayed quiet for a bit, thinking. "Huh. I never really thought about it like that. I mean, I was the village's child, so I feel like my elders are my parents."

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So, let's say that his parents had him when they were still young (anywhere from 16 to early 20s), and, still captivated by The Hero of Ehb, they named him after the one person she (the hero) looked up to. Not being ready to have a child, they requested Mayor Dohn to take care of him, and then left on their journeys. They would, on rare occasions, return to see him, but their selfish desire to continue to adventure eventually drove them to their deaths; whether this be because of a monster, bandits or even an accident.

But... as it turns out, the tendency to be adventurous ran in his blood, so to "pay" as thanks for taking care of him, he'd go out of Arhok from time to time to kill beasts that threatened them. By the time Legends of Aranna begins, he is already more experienced then an average person, but when he finally leaves his home far behind, he begins to learn more and more about who his parents were and how difficult it really is to be in completely different environments, though he obviously has some help from his companions.

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Arhok is known as being in the mountains, right?