David looses his parents at a very young age. Lynda Crimson finds him at the market after a few days and takes him with her to her place in Barford. After a few years with the Crimson family, David starts to have dreams in which he sees his real parents but does not identify the fact that they are his real family. As life went on, David is invited to the Cloxford school of witchcraft where he educates himself about magic.