Zacharias Van Kelio

Early Life
Zacharias grew up in the rural parts of Aurora. He grew up on a farm owned by a family friend. Zacharias quickly made the farmer's son his friend; they grew up together. He had an adequate life until age 14. He and his friend often roughhoused, pretending to be famous knights and bandits. This time they decided to play deep in the forest and Zacharias's friend got lost. Zacharias had spent hours trying to find him until his dad and the farmer came looking for the two. They did find Zacharias alone and scared. The farmer accused Zacharias of killing his son  Zacharias was confused and kept quiet. They went home, and the farmer confronted him. The man offered to compromise with his father, "Pay me, or he leaves, never to come back." Zacharias's father had no money, so Zacharias was forced to leave.

Balzor
He was now alone in Aurora, so he explored the country. He never settled down, only stopped to sleep and eat. Zacharias never stopped traveling and lived an almost nomadic life for a year. Though, he would stumble into a town, Balzor they called it. The Mayor, Tudo Barlim, introduced him. He had just begun the construction of the town. Zacharias decided to settle there and help the man. They began to build the town, but Zacharias noticed that the town was not a part of any nation, it was a squatter settlement. This worried Zacharias, as the town could be raided at any time.

Bob Van Kelio
He heard a ruffling outside his home as he rested there. He got up and roamed around looking for the source, suddenly he found a man smuggling food. Zacharias was surprised, he grabbed the man and confronted him. Bob explained that he was starving and came from hardship. Zacharias sympathized and let him stay. They bonded over weeks of spending time together, soon they would be closer than even blood.

Leaving Balzor
The Simulami and Soleannen empires would soon take notice of Balzor. Soldiers would show up right at Balzor's walls, demanding that they either leave or face death. Zacharias and Bob decided to leave, Tudo had grown lazy and unfit to rule. They packed and stole everything they could from the town, and left.