Dagonet was born a simple peasant during the war of the kings. This put a bitter taste in his mouth, as all the men of age died or were mammed in battles to put one supposed heir or the other on the throne. He was happy when Arthur Pendragon was crowned king, not because he had any allegiance to him or his family, but because it meant that the war was over, and his father would return. He waited for his father to come home, so that the farm could return to normal, and he could teach him how to continue his trade. He never arrived though, only a man with a red beard and a blue tunic with the new kings coat of arms emblazoned on it. He also brought a scroll, and, in the town square, he announced the death of all the men that had died in the war, and brought a small stipend of coin for the families of the men to live off of. Dagonet and his mother received two gold, and though that would keep them fed for almost a year, they had no way of supporting themselves after. Because of this, Dagonet took to petty theft. He only stole small amounts of food at first, just enough for him and his mother to survive. But as he stole more and more, he got better and better, and started taking risks. At first, he did well, he stole small amounts of coin from merchants who were too trusting of simple village folk. Doing this, he managed to make a decent living for him and his mother, hiding most of the coin in various places around the home. One day, he reached too far. A knight of Camelot with a metal arm made his way into his village, and set himself up for a night. Dagonet couldn’t pass up this perceived opportunity, and started talking with the knight, attempting to cosy up to him as he had done many times before. However, this knight was not having it, barely telling Dagonet that his name was Agravain. Not one to back down, Dagonet snuck into the knight’s room right before the sun began to rise. Unluckily for Dagonet, Agravain was an early riser, and easily apprehended him. Dagonet tried tried to fight, thinking that the knight only having one limb would give him an advantage. Even if it did, the difference in training was clear, and Dagonet was easily subdued. The village elders offered to hold Dagonet up in their cells, but Agravain refused, using his own shackles and riding Dagonet back to Camelot to rot in a slightly nicer cell. Dagonet still wasn’t one to back down from a challenge. It didn’t take him long to gather enough of the wooden cutlery to develop a very basic lock pick. He made his way out one night, and as he was about to make it through the exit, he stopped, and thought of what would happen if he were to escape. He may make it to safety, but his home would be the first place they would look. Instead, he decided to stay, and gather as much information on the knights as he could until he was granted his freedom. And that he did. He eventually found a disguise that allowed him to walk around at night without having to be as careful, and became very familiar with all the knights of Camelot, and their many faults. Even the knights who were believed to be infallible had these faults, but Dagonet knew that people were less likely to believe those tales. Once he was finally freed, and he began sharing these secrets in exchange for coin. He started with nobles, but none of them gave him the time of day, many saying that it’d make a good jester performance, but wasn’t worth what he was asking. Taking this to heart, Dagonet began performing skits based on his discoveries. People, as much as they loved the knights, the idea that they were humans was extremely appealing to them, and Dagonet gained more and more acclaim as he traveled, but he was still barely making it as he sent money to his mother from further and further away. Eventually, his performance grew famous enough that the Justiciar Bedivere learned of it. After a performance focusing on the overzealous nobility of Lancelot Du-Lac, Bedivere approached Dagonet. Fearing that he was going to be arrested again, he begged for forgiveness, but to his surprise, Bedivere offered him a job. Impressed by the factual nature of his performances, Bedivere wanted to know how he figured all of it out. Dagonet initially brushed it off as a lucky guess, but Bedivere eventually coerced him into revealing his method. Pleased with this, Bedivere said that he would convince Arthur to give Dagonet a knightship, and in turn, Dagonet would keep tabs on the traitor lords under the guise of an idiot who was knighted as a joke. Dagonet did his job well, but his reports went directly to Bedivere instead of Arthur, and Dagonet eventually figured that certain information was not delivered to the king. Still, Dagonet continued the task, happily accepting more and more coin to send to his mother, eventually having enough to purchase her a plot of land close to Camelot where they could live in a small home together, much like they did back home, though with higher quality furnishing and construction.