Born and raised, as it were; in a fairly dull little town that teeters on the border between north and south (or, to be more geographically accurate, east and west. But that has the fairly dramatic side-effect of making it sound like I was stuck in Berlin mid-Cold War). Went to Scotland to attend uni and, well, get away from my shitty hometown.
Ah, but I didn't come to steal your intro thread away from you. I came here to make an obscure reference and inquire about this enigmatic 'master' you speak of. It seems I made the reference a tad too obscure, but I'm still quite curious.