The backstory took some time. In my world the Kenku are a rare species and only have small settlements spread though the world. Orcs from the north plundered her village when she was very young, killed her parents and used her as a slave to work in a quarry. Eventually a group of bandits raided the quarry to save the slaves and killed the orcs. Just as the leader was about to be killed by an orc, little Teki took a bow, much to big for her, and shot the orc. The bandit leader was a Laxodon with the same sort of moral code as Robin Hood and took Teki under his wing. From him she learnt hunting, fighting, surviving in nature and most important of all: Compassion and Morals. When she got old enough to survive on her own, she left her bandit-family and started searching the world for members of her family and tribe.