Prince Barren is the youngest out of his siblings, and because of that he often found himself getting protected a lot by his sister. When he was a younger dragonet, he used to be an artist, drawing constantly as a way to show his creativity. His main thing was painting, often painting the views from the castle, crude versions of family portraits, or even stringing together odd trinkets that vaguely resemble accessories. Barren was the opposite of an athletic dragon, prefering to stay inside rather than play outside which further enraged Komodo, his father. Komodo was usually the one in charge of watching the boys, which lead to constant scolding whenever Barren or Mamba would do anything wrong or different than what Komodo wanted. Barren also really liked his mother Cleo over Komodo, which didn't help things at all.

One day, Barren was painting a small painting of his mother and Onyx, inspired by seeing them together one day. He wasn't alone in the room, but spent time to himself as he happily was painting two people he loved. But once King Komodo came into the room, all that he remembers is a searing pain before waking up in the medical ward. When Komodo walked in and saw what he was painting, Komodo slashed Barren with his tail on purpose, but acted like it was an accident. The event was so hard on Barren that he doesn't remember anything other than the short second of pain, and he can barely even remember the look of the painting itself. He ended up loosing his leg over this, as the venom had already seeped so far in that it would have been fatal if the medics hadn't cut off his leg.

The rest of his life is well known to the rest of the Sandwing Kingdom. Komodo murdered Queen Cleo, his wife in cold blood and fled the Sand Kingdom, forcibly sending Onyx to ascend to the throne at 17 years old.Their father was banished from the kingdom, never to be seen by the royal family again. At least they hope.

Barren is still deeply traumatized from the ordeal, but knows its best to do his royal duties to the best of his abilities. He no longer does art unless he is in a dark pit of depression, as no matter what it always reminds him of his father. But instead he finds joy in other things, finding himself a hopeless romantic that easily falls for dragons, but never really acts on it until he met a hybrid named Attacus.