Jacomo Falquero is a native of Gualcazar, Estalia. Once handsome, the gentleman has been rendered thin as a beggar from living five years within the prison of Zaragoz Castle. He claims that something about the dry, northern bread does not agree with his southern stomach.[1a]
Jacomo was bodyguard to the Lady Serafima Quixana, travelling with her to Zaragoz when Duke Marsilio tried arranging a marriage between her and his son Tomas diAvila. Neither she nor Jacomo cared for the duchy, and her bodyguard, one night, attempted to take her back home to her guardian in Gualcazar. They did not get far, and Jacomo has neither seen nor heard from his little mistress since.[1a]