Cacudus was not born a dhampir, nor was he born special, he was born sick. Thin wrists, pale lips, lungs that burned in winter, and a heart that beat like it was apologizing for taking up space. These were what can be described of his body.

Despite healers saying that he would not live past the age of 18, he endured, surviving due to arcane sorcery he found in some seemingly forgotten ruins at the edge of his village, ruins that was rumored to be once occupied by vampires.

And one day, one of them did came back. The vampire duchess decimated the entire village within in less than a day. He was the last survivor, spared only because she found him amusing and fun to toy with. She then proceeded to experiment on him, turning him into a dhampir.

For years, he lived in the vampiress' court as a pet scholar, forced to read fortunes before battles using an ancient deck of bloodstained cards to entertain her. Then one day, when the vampiress was out, a random portal found its way to his cell and he took his chance, fleeing to the reaches of Altharion.