All for power

"Do you know that this place called Imperilment was once my home? My mother, knowing that I would have to compete against the rest of my siblings for my birthright spared no expense at my training. 

I was brought to Imperilment to train and understand the foundations of the world while I was only ten years old..."

This was the kind of life that Curtin lived. The day he was born was practically a public holiday for the City of Milk and Honey. 

After all, he was the firstborn child of the Alpha and also a male child. There were many who believed he was destined for great things and his mother gathered favor from many great and powerful men for the art of giving birth to the first child of the Alpha. 

However, the then Alpha only gazed upon her and the baby Curtin in her hands for a bit and then turned and left. 

As he left, he only spoke a few words, "they will be others!"