Warren Wortington III was born in Centerport, New York, to Kathryn Worthington and Warren Worthington Jr. He was attending a private in his private school in his adolescence when white feathered wings began to grow from his shoulder blades. Warren felt like a freak and shut himself away from the world, with several attempts to dispose of the wings, with no luck. As time went on, he began to embrace the wings and with the help of his mother managed to keep them strapped down.