Spoiler warning: This section contains information about Plum's past he himself does not know.

Born a human to a poor farmer couple in the late 1300s, Plum was known as Ha-Neul. He had a happy—if hard—childhood and was very loved by his parents, who gave him and his siblings everything they could. When he was thirteen, he and another village boy were caught kissing and caused a scandal that their village never forgave them for. Ha-Neul's parents feared for his safety and their family's reputation, and though they wished for him to be happy they cautioned him against stirring up trouble, for their sake and his own. Ha-Neul cared deeply for his parents and didn't want to cause them further hardship, so he did his best to fit into the life the village expected of him. When he turned eighteen he began to court one of the village girls, but couldn't find any true attraction to her. Instead of allowing himself to lead a false life, he called off the courtship, told his family goodbye, and left to travel the world.

With only the clothes on his back, Ha-Neul travelled by foot or begged rides from passing farmer's carts. He often traded his labor for bits of food and a dry place to sleep, learning many skills and trades this way as well as meeting many interesting people. His most notable jobs included tending a temple, serving as a nobleman's footbearer, dyeing clothing, learning to read and transcribing holy books, and serving in the army for a country that wasn't his own (which he quickly fled when that fact was discovered.) For nearly twenty years he travelled, visiting many faraway places and learning multiple languages and cultures. He learned from monks, entertained kings, slept alongside concubines, sailed the seas with spice traders, and practiced forbidden arts in dark, forgotten caves. It was somewhere in these travels that he met Yenin.

Freed from his childhood village's watchful gaze and expectations, Ha-Neul had taken many lovers over the years and experimented with plenty of men. Many of them he thought fondly of, but none more so than Yenin. When Ha-Neul finally began to tire of his endless travels and yearned for a place to call home, he returned to Yenin's small woodland farm in southern Russia. Yenin welcomed him back with open arms, and the two settled down to become their own family. Though many others preferred to leave Yenin alone for fear of his size, strength, and temperment, Ha-Neul was sweet to him, and Yenin fiercely protective and loving in return. Yenin was a burly, gruff man Ha-Neul often fondly referred to as 'his bear.' In return, Ha-Neul was his Plum for the smaller's love of the plum trees in their orchard, where Yenin would often find him snacking (once to the point where he was even sick).

For nearly a decade, Ha-Neul and Yenin lived together happily on their farm they had named The Orchard. Yenin had no biological family left and Ha-Neul would tell him stories of his large family and happy childhood on cold winter evenings. They had begun to talk of adopting some children together when Yenin fell gravely ill. No medicine or healer they could find was able to help. Hearthbroken and desperate in what were very likely his partner's final days, Ha-Neul used his knowledge from his time spent practicing forbidden arts to plead to any gods or higher beings out there who would listen to help Yenin. One came to him and made a deal—Yenin's health for Ha-Neul's memories and servitude. With no other options, Ha-Neul kissed his unconscious partner goodbye and accepted the deal. Yenin woke up healthy and alone, and never saw Ha-Neul again.

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