First arc story idea's

Age 4. First scene is a mother recounting the tail of a hero defeating the big bad and sacrificing herself in the process. The girl wanting to be just like the hero. The mother telling her to wait until her age day to find out the blessing she receives from the gods.

Age 6. Watching her older brother train with a sword in the yard. Notices the hawk that she likes to play with, but family disapproves of and sneaks away to spend time with it, it lands on her arm. When brother notices her gone, he calls for her and she returns alone. It's time for her to do her studies with the teacher that arrived at the house. Use this lesson to teach the reader about the world. Going to town for the first time with family and meeting others near her age. Becoming friends with one and having them visit her home and being able to share her friend the hawk when they are alone. Going to one of her older siblings age day ceremonies. (They turned 9. Not the older brother who already received his blessing which is fighting based)

Age 7/8. Spend time with her best friend and learn more from her teacher. (This includes a lesson about the different blessings. Remind readers that mc wants to be just like the hero who had multiple blessings. The teacher reminds her how it is rare to have 2 blessings let alone more than that. She should be happy with 1. A more practical answer vs the hope her mother gave to her at age 4.

Age 9. She goes tp her age day with entire family and is doing it with her best friend. Friend goes well receiving a rare 2 blessings. She is up and shocks everyone with none. her best friend is taken away told never to talk to the mc ever again. Older brother is most compassionate but the others especially parents are horrified that they have a kid who has no blessings She no longer receives an education. Is locked away in her room. Is told they are looking for a family willing to take her off their hands (giving her away as a wife). She decides to run away. Her older brother helps her escape. It's the best he can do. She manages to say goodbye to her best friend on the way out of town in secret. (In the school arc they will run into each other, but the friend doesn't recognize the mc with her change in appearance and name change)

Next scene will be on the road with the hawk and a backpack. Run into bandits who try to take her stuff and kidnap her. The hawk steps in to help and is knocked out of the sky, the moment it is about to die, she screams and in that moment in time everything appears to freeze she recounts a memory foreign to her-a girl receiving a blessing and what it means-in the next moment she uses that blessings to defeat the bandits and save the hawk.