When word came about to the local lord about the reputation of a seamstress who could create marvels the world had never seen he demanded that Manuels mother make him a one of a kind piece, free of course or damn his whole family. He subjected the family to cruel ways which ultimately led to the families fall from grace. During an altercation the lord died when Manuel spoke to him. There are only tales and theories about what occured that fateful night. Some say a fight broke out, some say it was Manuel enacting vengeance for how his family had been thrown from a place of privelege, and some say it was an accident, all those people’s purse had been heavied that night. All that was obvious the following morning was Manuel walked out of the lords compund wearing his mother’s handmade vest and finery and a smile on his face. He ventured out from the island that same day, seeking passage on whatever ship would take him with too large a purse of coin befitting his station.