Nik and Hodj were jesters to royalty. Their fathers had been jesters. Their grandfathers had been jesters, and so on. Is it any wonder that Nik and Hodj really hated being jesters? They weren't even very good at being jesters. To be totally honest, they sucked at being jesters!
What they really desired, was to be adventurers. The only problem was that they had absolutely no skills in anything. Nothing.
They were about to get more adventure...