In the distant past, the Fasuras were nobles who governed the island of Kitarod, a frequently contested territory near the Lumen-Vesper border. Years of infighting between the family members caused their rule to weaken, however, and after several generations, little was left of their political power. In recent years, the island was taken over by Vesper forces in a particularly violent revolt. At the time, Anne was the governor of Kitarod, as well as the only living, direct descendent of the Fasura line. Forced to escape, she left the region and went into hiding for a few years, during which she gave birth to Aidan.
When her son was three, Anne made the decision to bring him to a trusted relative in the village of Sausetnyur. She planned to keep him there under the care of her distant relative, Zagun Cafli, as she prepared the resources and allies she needed to take back her home. Ultimately, she was captured during this process and brought back to Kitarod, where she was killed. During the following days, rumours stirred up about the child she had been carrying years ago from an affair. But with no way to confirm or deny whether the child was still alive, or if they had existed in the first place, those whispers soon faded into obscurity, forgotten by the people.
Aidan grew up in Zagun's home, and from an early age, began to help the shepherd with his work. Zagun never talked about Aidan's mother, nor did Aidan particularly remember her, which made things all the easier: Zagun never intended to reveal Aidan's heritage to him, as he didn't want the boy to suffer the same tragic fate. Shortly after Aidan's powers began manifesting around his tenth birthday, a man named Mad Itseflase happened to visit Sausetnyur while on a personal errand. There happened to be a bandit attack on the town that night, which he promptly resolved. During the attack, he saved a young Aidan's life, and shortly after witnessed the child's magical aptitude throuhg the sparks of electricity surging from his body. Interested in Aidan's potential, Mad offered to take Aidan back to Rehjolvnatys, the plane of the gods, thinking to find him work that would suit his abilities better than herding animals. Although it was a position that paid well in coin and prestige, Zagun refused adamantly. Regardless, his harsh words did not stop Aidan from sneaking out into the night and setting out into the world with Mad.
Once in Rehjolvnatys, it was soon discovered that Aidan was a son of the Elder god of the land, Unog. This fact alone would put him as second in line for the role of Grand Commander, the leader of the halflings at Rehjolvnatys. As most of the other high ranking gods did not have living, direct descendants, there was little question of how the current Grand Commander would be succeeded. When the time inevitably came, Aidan would be the one to lead the halflings in place of Mad Itseflase, son of the strongest of the Lumen gods.
Mad served as a mentor to Aidan throughout most of his teenage years. Aidan learned how to fulfill his role as a halfling and agent for the gods, becoming well versed in academics as well as battle. Despite all his hopes for adventure and new friends though, he was more lonely than ever. Few that interacted with him ever did so sincerely, as they were all aware of his position in the halfling hierarchy. Furthermore, during Aidan's twentieth year, Mad was found guilty of treason with plans to collude with the chaos god, Kara. Though the punishment for such crimes was death, Igal refrained from executing his only son, and instead decided to exile him to a svaikgyen, an isolated pocket dimension. With that, Aidan had effectively become the next Grand Commander. His loneliness was only exacerbated from that point, and though he was always surrounded by people, he still felt as if he had no one.
Then one day, Aidan made a trip back to Sausetnyur, where he hoped to reconcile with Zagun after his disappearance. Once his visit concluded, he would go on a walk in a nearby forest, a habit of his when he wished to reflect by himself. He would hear a distressed cry and follow it to find a girl named Ren, who had collapsed from exhaustion. Taking her back to Zagun to treat her condition, he noticed the strange, dragon-like scales that would occasionally sprout from her face, a symptom he himself had experienced while he was new to shapeshifting. Upon learning of Ren's story, Aidan concluded that he had discovered a halfling. Despite how difficult his life had become from the ordeal, as Mad had done for him, he offered to take Ren with him to Rehjolvnatys in hopes it would help her uncover the killer of her adoptive mother.
Ren would go on to become his closest friend, to the point where he developed feelings for her and became unsure of what to do with himself. But through her companionship as a first step, he found the strength to meet others that he could open his heart up to, friends that would prove themselves invaluable in the hard times to come.