London 1910 Dominated by the first world war, you take on the role as an orphan, raised by the clergy. Fascinated by the stone relief of a family tree, you wonder what grand tree you are a part of, constantly tracing with your finger over the different branches, lost in the daydreams of an innocent child. One of the windows in the church always reminded you of your station in life, a tree of its own but a tree of divine right, with the powerful men at the top and all of those that give their life and lively hood arranged neatly below, strangely sharing the same sun that illuminates the shards of glass, just like the ground they will all share in the end.
Your first few years in the orphanage shape who you are but the longing to know more about where you came from drives you to seek answers. The years pass quickly and as you approach the age of 14 war rears its ugly head, aerial bombing and id cards become the norm. For the next four years you use your knowledge of the streets to help you with your job loading munitions wagons and leading them to the docks for load on transports. It was at these docks you became obsessed with a life and endless freedom the open waters represent. Making up your mind at 18 you steal away on a merchant ship heading for the New York, leaving the empty life of an orphan behind, you take your only belongings, the etching you made of the family tree, a sketch of the window, the memories of the orphanage and the clergy that raised you, and make your way to America... little did you know what was to await you there.
Made Man, a search for identity leads to the rush for power on the streets of New York in the 1920's
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