Kage’s parents are a mystery (Though surely no one special. No, really, they have to just be assholes for his lore). As a baby he was left in the square of a small village in the country. People were wary of him since he’s a tiefling but not outright hostile. He survived by learning from various farmers how to work, and was paid for helping out with manual labor. Kage learned to fight early in life, as the townspeople realized it wouldn’t be safe for him not to know as they grew on the quiet hardworking boy. He found he enjoyed the practice fights he did as it allowed him to work off energy. At around the age of fifteen years old Kage began traveling, learning merchant work and dabbling in other professions. During this time he met Tai while working for a metalsmith in the capital city. Kage would sell Tai armor he had made for practice at a cheap price and the two would spar to keep ready. Tai had a rougher childhood than Kage, having been raised in a city orphanage. Shortly after Kage’s eighteenth birthday he brought Tai back to the village he was raised in. They asked to be married in the woods, and shortly after built a cabin on the site. Two years later they had Ariette, their daughter. Ariette was a cat tabaxi like Taiyo. At that time Kage decided to become a paladin to protect his family, while Tai remained rogue. Kage is glad he is the only tiefling in the village Tai and Ariette are in, as he knows of tiefling stereotypes. He is considered to be disabled as he struggles with balance since he lost his tail while serving their military. A lot of his fighting involves jumping, rolling, and clinging to his enemy because of it. Kage will do whatever it takes to keep his family safe.