The couple were two rogue Foundation Establishment cultivators who had hung up their wandering boots after discovering they were with child.
They left behind their nomadic lives and settled in a small town within a rank-four kingdom. The kingdom, however, soon fell on hard times as unrest spread throughout its territory. The cause was a growing discontent among a faction of the kingdom's soldiers, primarily those of commoner birth, who felt they were treated unfairly compared to their noble-born counterparts.
At first, the outcry was minor, easily ignored by the ruling elite. That changed dramatically when a rising star among the kingdom's military, a commander of common birth whose exceptional abilities had allowed him to climb the ranks, took a drastic step. He killed one of the princes charged with suppressing what the nobles derisively called the "rubble rebellion." His actions lit the spark for a full-blown uprising.