Coconut Casualty
Duster's limp was ultimately the result of an accident combined with the archaic practices of the people of Tazmily. One day the thief's apprentice was going beachcombing as part of his training, the idea being that he was stealing from Mother Nature herself. He gathered up a few dolphin ossicles and seashells and decided it was time to return to Middle-aged Man Wess to deliver Nature's bounty. When he was closing up his bag, he noticed a coconut tree standing on the other side of the beach. The hungry apprentice decided to collect a couple of coconuts both for eating and for submitting his examples of his mastery of pilfering the works of Nature. Duster wasn't exactly good at climbing up trees, so he started to apply Wall Staples to the tree in hopes of securing his safety. Unfortunately, the force of the staples being jammed into the tree caused all the coconuts to fall from the tree. Duster turned to flee as soon as he saw them shaking, but they ended up falling on top of his leg, causing it to be bruised and bloodied.
The apprentice was rescued after an extended period of screaming for help, and the tree was stripped into many pieces and burned ritualistically in a huge bonfire. He arrived at the inn, where innkeeper Jackie practiced the limited medical techniques of the commune of Tazmily. The leg became gangrenous and had to be amputated. An old book detailing the art of making prosthetic legs survived the journey on the White Ship, so Bronson attempted to create one. Unfortunately, the prosthetic turned out really crappy with the limited technology and non-space-age supplies at the time; it ended up being made of plywood and moving like a limp noodle (in fact, an urban legend exists saying that the leg was filled with spaghetti). Duster never got fully used to moving on this limp-noodle leg, so all he could do was limp around with every step on it. Wess ended up being disappointed in his young son from this folly, and took to calling him an “idiot” frequently from that day onward.
Duster's limp was ultimately the result of an accident combined with the archaic practices of the people of Tazmily. One day the thief's apprentice was going beachcombing as part of his training, the idea being that he was stealing from Mother Nature herself. He gathered up a few dolphin ossicles and seashells and decided it was time to return to Middle-aged Man Wess to deliver Nature's bounty. When he was closing up his bag, he noticed a coconut tree standing on the other side of the beach. The hungry apprentice decided to collect a couple of coconuts both for eating and for submitting his examples of his mastery of pilfering the works of Nature. Duster wasn't exactly good at climbing up trees, so he started to apply Wall Staples to the tree in hopes of securing his safety. Unfortunately, the force of the staples being jammed into the tree caused all the coconuts to fall from the tree. Duster turned to flee as soon as he saw them shaking, but they ended up falling on top of his leg, causing it to be bruised and bloodied.
The apprentice was rescued after an extended period of screaming for help, and the tree was stripped into many pieces and burned ritualistically in a huge bonfire. He arrived at the inn, where innkeeper Jackie practiced the limited medical techniques of the commune of Tazmily. The leg became gangrenous and had to be amputated. An old book detailing the art of making prosthetic legs survived the journey on the White Ship, so Bronson attempted to create one. Unfortunately, the prosthetic turned out really crappy with the limited technology and non-space-age supplies at the time; it ended up being made of plywood and moving like a limp noodle (in fact, an urban legend exists saying that the leg was filled with spaghetti). Duster never got fully used to moving on this limp-noodle leg, so all he could do was limp around with every step on it. Wess ended up being disappointed in his young son from this folly, and took to calling him an “idiot” frequently from that day onward.
