Don Diego de la Vega, son of Don Alejandro de la Vega was born in 1788 (Don is a title in Italian and Spanish meaning "Honorable"). While studying in Madrid at University, he was gifted a sword by his sabre master, Sir Edmund Kendall.He had actually learned fencing techniques while aboard the ship carrying him from California to Madrid, which allowed him to surpass his teacher. Upon being summoned home by his father, Diego learns of what the pueblo (village in Spanish) is facing and the true reason his father wanted him to take fencing lessons from Sir Kendall.