Yes. My parents (and almost everyone in our village) were killed by baddies hired by someone for some political reason, I was recognized as a lame illiterate no

Yes. My parents (and almost everyone in our village) were killed by baddies hired by someone for some political reason, I was recognized as a lame illiterate nobody and was only reluctantly accepted to serve under a master of regional importance, who is pursuing his own political goals (and has a special connection to me through something) and making the most of the difficult situation of the kingdom. I was sent on several wildly different missions to investigate, bribe or fight my way through several interesting events and situations, all totally believable and anchored in the context of the story and actual history, meeting dozens of different characters, some of them real historical figures, each with their own carefully written backstory.