The Commander was born in the year 145 in Draynor Village, but grew up in Barbarian Village. Although the Barbarians were uncivilized, somehow, his family knew the town's chief. So everyone there respected and treated them as one of their own. There, is where he learned the ways of Guthix from a Priest that was not so far away from the village. Alexander learned how to hold a sword by Haakon the Champion, and fought him. He won against him at the age of 9, being the youngest to ever defeat the Village's Champion.