When his land's prosperity plummeted, the Duke traveled to foreign lands in a bid to bring back wealth to restore his country's former glory, only for his wife to leave him for a strong, rich nobleman from another realm. To make matters worse, the Duke returned from his quest empty-handed. Broken-hearted and consumed with his obsession to restore glory to Castle Gromgard, the Duke set out on another quest on Lord Gromgard's 16th birthday, leaving his youngest son in the care of his abusive older siblings.