Cooper Brady the 3rd

Early life
Born Cooper Brady the 3rd on a late October day, his life was faced with great hardship. He and his brothers, Donald, Heinrich, and his oldest sister Elena, all lived in the slums of a large industrial city. Their father John was a foot soldier in the local militia, and their mother a tailor at a small clothing shop. Elena was incredibly gifted and was often praised by her teachers in the local school for her abilities in science and mathematics.

When Cooper was 12, his sister accepted a scholarship to attend a very prestigious school, located in As'ria, leaving her family behind. Their father was killed in action mere weeks later after being jumped by a group of bandits.

The boy's mother, Emila, died when Cooper was only 17 from an unknown illness, after which they decided to immigrate to the city-state of Novastonia, just a few years before its independence from the Second Empire of Plagatéa.

Life in Novastonia
Soon after arriving, he and brother Heinrich discovered the wonders of brewing after seeing one of the nobles brew in a tavern. So, they set up a makeshift brewery in their small townhouse basement and got to work, hoping to make a small profit and eventually own a tavern of their own.

However, Cooper sadly lost sight in his left eye after a brewery accident, when pressure from a fermenting barrel caused it to explode, sending shrapnel into his eye.

For a while things went quite well, the brothers began making some money. But soon, tensions started to mount between Heinrich and the other brothers. He had become so absorbed in his work that nothing else seemed to matter to him, unlike Cooper and Donald, who had both gotten jobs outside of the home to make enough money to get by.

Soon enough, domestic disputes erupted from the house, with Heinrich striking and hitting the members of the household. Luckily, Cooper was able to keep Heinrich at bay with threats to contact the constables if he continued to act out. The current domestic situation is somewhat stable, but most of the household spend their time out of the home to avoid Heinrich's rage.