They were expecting one child, but the world gifted them a wonderful pair of boys.

However, they were unsure as to who the title of Patriarch will be given to. So, since birth, his parents raised the both of them as equally. But Culus was scared to take responsibilities of taking over their parents' roles. Caelan, who seem affected by Culus's fear - ended up takiing the reins for his sake.

Caelan because of his decision, rarely took a day off in his studies, his classes, practicing, and attending parties. His brother felt bad every time he chose to stay home to work when he had any opportunity to enjoy his childhood. So, he would occasionally ask Caelan to allow him to attend events in his place. Since then, they've worked together in secret until their parents' passing.

After their death, they've opened up their cooperation more to their servants. Despite it was Caelan being the official Zane Patriarch, he's been sharing the work with his twin brother. And because of Caelan rarely leaving his office, the public sometimes forgets that he exists while Culus is one to represent him on his stead. It's very often that many think that both Caelan and Culus are one being.

The Heroes of Belvar

His family worked alongside with another powerful family, the Bastions. And through their friendship, he meets a rather fine young boy named Lucien. This was around the time both Caelan and Culus was secretly changing places, but the Bastion child was the first person to see through their plans. And when he discovered the truth, Lucien never spoke a word to anyone. Instead he wanted to be remain friends together with the twins in exchange for keeping their plans a secret.

They continued on being nobles for years, making a name for themselves for their family. Not until they were teenagers, an unfortunate event happened - regarding the Bastions. Their house and family burnt to ashes from unforeseen accidents; only left with Lucien to be the only one to survive.

"No one wants a noble child with no family," said his parents. 

But Caelan demanded that they take Lucien no matter what the circumstances of his title. And Culus being a dear friend to Lucien, he also followed suit. They took Lucien under the Zane's care, personally requested by the twins themselves. His family didn't want to risk adopting Bastion because of useless title, so they really had very little choice and had him work under the twins as their personal butler. It wasn't long for everyone to forget the Bastion house, let alone if there was any survivors in the tragedy.

Through these years, Lucien never complained about it. Culus never saw Lucien as a servant, and only as a friend and an equal. Whatever Lucien wanted, Zane provided as his friend. Though, he rarely asked for anything in his lifetime in servitude. But when an old friend of the Bastions came back, Lucien had desired to be by his side and the Zanes ended up dismissing the butlers from his duties so that he could follow Belvedere as he please.
Not long before Lucien married Jayce and changed his last name. And even if he did marry, he still worked under the inventor as his assistant, if not his butler. Culus was beyond happy that he found the happiness he achieved.

It felt like his work became harder without Lucien's help. But he never predicted that someone had been waiting for Lucien to finally leave the Zane and let their plans commence. Ever since Bastion left the house, he became a target wide open to the Alabasters. An attempted assassination on Caelan had only made him disappear for his own safety, and soon followed Culus when he was being hunted down. Thankfully both Lucien and his friend stopped the attack before Culus came into harm. Because of Alabaster's schemes and military prowess, they had little power to fight back against him. Instead they simply waited and hid in the shadows - supporting the Heroes of Belvar as the best as they could.

And when the civil war ended and inner tumoil was put to a stop, it was the twins that brought the Duke back to Belvar once again. Because of the Bastion's bloodline being directly related to the royal family, it was decided that Grimbald handed over the title of Duke to Lucien. 

Culus did expect it. Lucien spent most of his life as a servant much longer than he was a nobleman. Because his reign only lasted for a week. Most definitely not because he was a bad leader, but Bastion complained that leadership wasn't something he never wanted. In fact, no one knew of the outcome after expelling Alabaster out of Belvar. No one knew of Lucien's background or how he was their short-time duke. Instead the Duke title was shared between the Zanes and Grimbald.