July 16 XXXX was a special day for the Rikras Kingdom. On that day, Adrian Blackwell and Cassandra Blackwell welcomed Dante Blackwell into their lives, making him the first child to be birthed under the royal family name. For the Kingdoms of Ferox, this was a important birth as the Blackwell family is one that is notorious for being a group that one simply don't fuck with. This was not a surprise, given the leaders of the family are composed of the toughest and strongest Bestias around with Cass being the previous commandant of the continent and Adrian being the strongest of the family. As such, this leads to opportunities of warming up to the family for a potential arranged marriage between their son and the children of the other kingdoms. It is something that Adrian and Cass knew about with Cass making it a point that they will not be forcing their son (or any of their kids) into an arranged marriage. It is something Adrian agreed too, mostly due to not wanting to upset Cass and his care about his son's well-being. With this, the two spent most of their time raising Dante to the best of their abilities. It was tricky, given their respective jobs. However, they did all they could to support him even when they would later have two additional children (Ashton and Isabelle). It was the nature of the Blackwell family. They stick together regardless of the circumstance. Something that would be challenged later down the line.

Being a prince wasn't something that Dante enjoyed. Unlike the other families, the Blackwell had standards that they had to meet, and Adrian was determined to make Dante aware of them. These standards became progressively imposed on him as he got older and older. He must be formal and proper to those he meets. He must act so and so way. He must not lower himself down to this standard of the "middle" and "lower" class. These standards came from Adrian's attempts at making the Blackwell family look as "perfect" as possible. It is something that Cass told her husband was unneeded, but Adrian never listened. It annoyed him, but Dante didn't fight against his father. It wasn't worth attempting to fight his father over, and he knew when to back off when he felt he was being a bit much.

Frankly, he was willing to deal with it when he had Cael by his side. Cael is Dante's best friend and has been by his side ever since he was three when his mother found Cael in her garden. Upon learning he was an orphan, Cass took him in and raised him as if he was her own. Cael would eventually become a knight and serve as a bodyguard for Dante. Cael was always there to guide Dante away from danger and is one of the few people that Dante often rambles to as Cael is one of the few people that truly understood Dante. He was always there to listen to him question what he wanted to do with life, and how he never felt like he was fitting to be king. He was always there when he just wanted someone to talk to. The two of them were two peas in the same pod. While they may often get into playful brawls, nothing will ever break up their friendship.

Perhaps that's why Dante told him of his plans of leaving the kingdom.

Let's fast forward to when Dante is 85 years old. In the middle of the night, Dante was summoned to the throne room, where his father sat on the throne alone. The conversation starts off casual (with their talk being what the two have been doing lately) before Adrian reveals that he has plans to arrange a marriage between Dante and Gael Irving. Dante was bewildered by this and retaliated that they (Adrian and Cass) told him they weren't going to force plans relating to any forms of arranged marriage. Adrian told Dante himself that he was going to have that choice of deciding who to marry. Adrian points out how he knows that Dante won't marry anyone since the person he will even consider wanting to marry would have to step down from his position. It was something that he knows that Dante wouldn't want the person to do since he wants him to achieve his dreams of being a high ranked knight. Adrian then shatters Dante's heart by revealing he is helping Dante get over his hopeless love for Cael and solving an issue that Dante is going to deal with whenever he becomes king.

The last thing that Dante remembers after that was him seeing blood and claws tearing into his skin.

When he snaps back in reality, he finds himself sitting on the bed with his mother tending to his wounds. His mother explains that he ended up lashing out at his father, and the two got into a fight that Cael broke up. Dante simply listens, quiet but angry. Cass explains that she doesn't want to do this. She never wanted this arranged marriage to occur because she knows how unfair it is. However, her back is against the wall, and the arrangement has been made under her nose. Again, Dante listens as his mother stands up after finishing treating his wounds and moves towards the door. As she leaves, she gives her son advice: "You have 3-6 days to decide what you want to do. If you wish to continue this servitude to the family, I expect you to see you in the throne room. If you wish to end it, I hope the starlights treat you well."

When she is gone, Dante realizes what he must do.

Six days later, the Irving family arrives. However, Dante is not in the throne room. It is something that Adrian was annoyed but not shocked by. Dante had been avoiding him since the incident. As such, he goes about searching for Dante with his servants. They never found Dante. They looked everywhere for the man, but they couldn't find him. That was very concerning for Adrian. It was when Adrian arrived at his bedroom that he found a letter. It was curious as he was sure it wasn't there earlier. As such, he grabs the letter to read it. Upon reading, he would become pale before screaming in frustration and rage. Cass and Cael knew what happened, having received similar letters the previous night. Both didn't mention this to Adrian, wanting to give Dante the chance to make his choice happen. So what did Dante do?

Dante has chosen to flee his kingdom and the continent of Ferox, leaving the Blackwell family without their eldest royal prince.

Dante Blackwell no longer existed outside the Ferox continent. In his place is Fenrir Hróðvitnir, a simple man that wants to live a quiet life. He didn't want to deal with anything nobility related (or really anything pertaining to society itself). Perhaps it was just his bitterness and sorrow of everything that happened combined into his cynicism. Whatever the case was, he fled to the Yurzorea continent as it was largely uninhabited and far from the Ferox continent. For years, he spent his time building a small home, finding work in the form of occasionally working in the Yumanju Hot Springs and doing a bit of monster hunting for those he stumbled upon at the hot springs. It was a decent life for him since it was simple, and he didn't have to worry about dealing with the Guild and Imperial Knights going on. He would end up encountering Cael, who would give him updates about the happenings of the Ferox continent while sending his mother updates on how he was doing. The feelings that Fenrir had for Cael melted away into a simple friendship as his romantic feelings for Cael were too tied to the arranged marriage nonsense.

What Fenrir wasn't expecting was dealing with raising a baby a few years into his new life. The fact that the baby was a Bestia added to his confusion. He would learn from the familiar attached to the child that apparently the parents' of said child were killed by some Bestia. He ended up leaving the continent out of fear (and the desire to protect the little one) and ended up flying until they arrived here. The familiar pleaded for Fenrir to raise the kid as it was growing more dormant since he had fused with the familiar of the child and the child hadn't technically awakened him. Despite not wanting to raise a kid, he decided to at least raise him until Cael came to take him to an orphanage. Cael wouldn't come back for months. It was something that Fenrir continued to curse him out for as Fenrir ended up growing attached to the child and even gave him the name of Hati. By the time Cael arrived, Fenrir couldn't give Hati away and ended up adopting him as his own.

Many years would pass and the two would end up having a decent life together with Fenrir teaching Hati all he needed to know. They pay no mind to the shenanigans that were the events of Tales of Vesperia since frankly, Fenrir would prefer not to involve his 12 year old son (at the time) in something that was considered life-threatening. That and he refuses to put himself into the position of being a hero since that would attract the eye of other Bestia. As such, all of that was none of his business. If only that would continue four years after the events of Tales of Vesperia, where he finds himself in a position where he is forced to work together with the TOV gang to understand why Bestias are attacking Aurnion and why the other kingdoms aren't doing anything about it. No one told him that would lead to him going on some wacky ass adventure that would lead to some political drama, family drama, shenanigans and romance between a blond commandant and a snarky ass guild member.