Laurence Hague was born in Essex, England. Growing up, Laurence was often times horribly teased and picked on by his older brother by six years, Martin. His father, Donovan, passed away when he was four years old, and Laurence doesn't remember much about him. While his mother, Emily, tried to make things right for her two boys, times were difficult, and Martin took out a lot of his anger out on his younger brother. When Laurence entered middle school, things did not get better for him. His overall appearance made multiple students jokingly call him "Toad", an epithet that would stick with him for the rest of his life. However, there was one thing that he liked about school, and that was his friend, Sean Wright. The two had grown up together and had been friends for quite some time.