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Apito Tomtor was born in 1660 in Taigovæloa, [[Sarolasta]] to a family of [[Coscivian]] peasants. Born with dwarfism his parents kept him despite the burden he could represent, not being able to help much with farm work. In 1664 [[Sarolasta]] came under attack by the [[Daxia]]n force of [[Zhu Bolin]] during the [[Siege of Dun-Kurrengev]]. Taigovæloa itself was sacked by the corsair auxiliaries of [[Luidan Răzvala Saminian Dovinofo]] and Tomtor's family was slain. The four year old Apito was seized as a captive by the raiders and was taken along with them back to [[Daxia]]n waters when [[Zhu Bolin]]'s fleet retreated from the island. Apito served with Dovinofo's corsairs for four years as a cabin boy and jester before escaping them while on the port of [[Zong]]. The conspicuously young and white skinned dwarf was quickly apprehended and sold to agents of the imperial palace. The young dwarf was inducted into the palace school and educated in [[Daxia]]n history, languages and statecraft under the watchful tutelage of Ronan Hill, the [[Urcean people|Urcean]]-born Master of Tongues to Emperor Tengu the Sot. Upon graduation he was posted to the island of [[Zhijun]] to serve as the governor's interpreter in his trade dealings with [[Caphiria]]n's and [[Pelaxia]]ns. As a fluent [[Coscivian]] speaker he traveled to his native [[Sarolasta]] during this time to help negotiate the import of Sarolastan hemp. He was recalled to [[Mirzak]] after six years and appointed as Deputy Recording Secretary of second rank at the Secretariat of the Navy. During his time with the Secretariat he was deeply involved in negotiations with foreign shipbuilder guilds to acquire their expertise for the expansion of the Qian navy.