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<blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1084911" data-attributes="member: 990">Hmm.&nbsp; Here are a few off the top of my head:Wizard's sibling dies, and he is forced to take in the sibling's child.&nbsp; He decides to put the kid to work and shortly discovers the kid has magical aptitude.&nbsp; Promising child of poor parents is &quot;bought&quot; by wizard, &amp; becomes apprentice.Child is caught stealing from a wizard.&nbsp; The wizard takes pity on the child, or alternatively the wizard places the child under a geas.&nbsp; Either way, the child ends up learning magic.A bookish child convinces the local wizard to teach him/her.A young man is a trainee in the city guard.&nbsp; There is a minor skirmish between guards and a band of _____ which goes horribly wrong.&nbsp; The young man is injured and must find a new career.&nbsp; The local wizard takes pity on him and agrees to teach him.Same as above but the town wizard is the one who injures the lad, and to make it up to him takes him as an apprentice.Dunno if any of those are useable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buttercup, post: 1084911, member: 990"] Hmm. Here are a few off the top of my head: Wizard's sibling dies, and he is forced to take in the sibling's child. He decides to put the kid to work and shortly discovers the kid has magical aptitude. Promising child of poor parents is "bought" by wizard, & becomes apprentice. Child is caught stealing from a wizard. The wizard takes pity on the child, or alternatively the wizard places the child under a geas. Either way, the child ends up learning magic. A bookish child convinces the local wizard to teach him/her. A young man is a trainee in the city guard. There is a minor skirmish between guards and a band of _____ which goes horribly wrong. The young man is injured and must find a new career. The local wizard takes pity on him and agrees to teach him. Same as above but the town wizard is the one who injures the lad, and to make it up to him takes him as an apprentice. Dunno if any of those are useable. [/QUOTE]

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