This my back story
Ryan and Jack were normal children like the others in their city until one day the alarm sounded while he was at the market near the edge of the town. their military was attacking them. worried about their family they rush back only to find their parents killed and sister missing luckily a old shopkeeper was able to move them from the horrific scene and they escaped alive.
Ryan decided to stay with the old man and help him with his business till he had enough money to buy a apartment,and was taught the ways of alchemy from the shop owner but the other half came from his fathers collection he found a year after the incident. Ryan had chose to just move on with life
Jack had hatred built up inside him wanting revenge on the military so he went off to study the dark arts to become stronger so he could wipe those bastards out of existence. and to find his lost sister. Jack took the path of revenge and vengeance