Aren, the only son of the grand duke of the kingdom Nox was not born with a golden spoon in his mouth, he wasn't doted on by his father like other children, instead, he was seen as a scrounge that should have been killed the moment he was born, his father thought so, this idea was shared by his late mother, and by the kingdoms, resident's as well. Aren was hated by his father for "causing his mother's decline in health" that later on in Aren's life, Aren while his mother was alive was treated with disdain by the servants and treated like a punching bag by his father, you may think well why wasn't he killed like the duke wanted, well the only reason is that the king wanted to engage the young boy to his newborn daughter. Aren now 19 years of age has already been traumatized by the world turned his hatred onto the world making him seem evil, but it wasn't he who was evil it was the system of how his kingdom ran things and he was going to change that. And now he had a war veteran by his side helping his fight against his scum ridden justice system.