Telimicas was born a servant to a family in Setreed having great political influence. The family he served knew their place in society to be near the top. Throughout his life, he was surrounded by excess: jeweled silks, large palaces, parties, feasts, and waste beyond description. Mostly, he was reminded of his place at the bottom of society. When the family he served was feeling particularly generous, he received the scraps from the feast after the dogs had been fed. Most of the time, however, he would be whipped if he ate any of the leftovers. His allowance was a pittance, barely enough to buy a roll or two to eat throughout the day, so he was compelled to steal enough to keep himself from starving. The servants all looked the other way because they were in the same state he was.
One day, however, the mistress of the house caught him with his illicit food. He struck her over the head with a heavy gold candlestick before she could raise the alarm. Telimicas fled the mansion and the city, but word of his rebellious act spread. Those in the upper echelons of society condemned him and demanded justice. He became a folk hero amongst the servants and even some of the military. Servants, at first just a handful, began disappearing. Some soldiers deserted. What started at first as a trickle was quickly becoming a flood.
And Telimicas was prepared to use that flood to cleanse Orudara, punishing the wealthy and distributing their assets to all. His message was particularly well received by the idle and indolent who had lived a life of relative ease working for homes of families who cared about their servants. An uprising of epic proportions was brewing, and Telimicas would not be able to control it.