Nicholas De Salisbury was born in England in 1700. He was the child of Marcus De Salisbury and Maria Gonzalez. Marcus was a wealthy Parliament member, who had bought Maria as a servant on a trip to Spain. However, they soon fell in love. Two years later, Nicholas was born. He went to school like a normal child, however he secretly had a passion. He wanted to become a mercenary. However, knowing his father would never approve, he tried to forget about it. When Nicholas was fifteen, his mother was wrongly accused of stealing bread from the baker, and was hung.