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Burrich's father had died before he was born. Her grand-mother was a slave, who won her freedom from the [[Butran]] clan. She got [[earring|a freedom earring]] to prove she was free. Burrich's mother supported her and Burrich by doing laundry. As a young boy Burrich formed a [[Wit-bond]] with a mongrel. The animal taught him how to survive in the streets and acted as a kind of a father figure to Burrich. A drawback in the Witbond was that Burrich didn’t have a normal childhood, as the dog had too much influence on him. When the dog was kicked by a horse and died, Burrich was only eight years old. In Old Blood communities, this relationship with the dog would have been viewed as inappropriate as they believe that a bond animal and a person must both benefit from their wit-bond equally, and they would also view him as being too young to find an appropriate animal to bond with. He then turned to his grandmother for guidance.

When Burrich was about thirteen years old, his mother and grandmother died in an epidemic of a [[Blood plague]]. Now alone, he became a mercenary. He was taken prisoner in a Chalced skirmish and made a slave. Finally he was able to escape and sought refuge in the [[Six Duchies]]. There he became a horsekeeper for a noble. He Wit-bonded again, this time with a young stallion. This bond ended with the animal dying, too. When Burrich was forced to live through the great pain of losing a second bondmate, he decided never to use his Wit again.