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Richard Hanush, a born and raised Heartlander, to Bartholomew Hanush and Greta Hanush, in the Orenian countryside in 1795.

His father, a businessman of moderate success, instilled in Richard the values of law and order, as he often informed him of the impending raids that many other entrepreneurs would face, either directly or through his incessant complaining about such matters. However, this was not the case for Richard's father, who at the time would regularly pay for a retinue of mercenaries to guard his deliveries. This imprinted upon Richard a sense of admiration for men of the blade (those of which were not engaged in their criminal employments).

Richard's father, wealthy enough to afford to hire a scholarly man, had the young boy taught to read and write by a professional at the age of eleven, and it was during his studies that Richard became entranced by the tales of brave knight errants, who would deftly save maidens in distress from the clutches of villainy. Transfixed by this, Richard would then begin attempting to teach himself the knightly ways, unbeknownst to him how exaggerated the knightly tales were. He finished his studies by the age of sixteen, partially cut short by a fire in his family home that caused many financial losses to his father.

Throughout the next few years and up until his nineteenth birthday, Richard's father struggled to maintain a stable business, and as he was unable to spare the necessary funds for his escorts, his deliveries would constantly be raided by brigands as they passed through the wilderness. This changed in 1814 when the township of Redenford had gained enough prominence, causing the raiding parties to ease their presence, causing Bartholomew Hanush's finances to return to stability.

Following this return to normality, Richard Hanush began assisting his father's deliveries, accompanying the mercenary escorts on their duties, and learning from them skills of swordsmanship and horsemanship. Through these endeavours, he engaged in a handful of small skirmishes, but these were mostly handled by the better-equipped mercenaries.

Richard continued these jobs for approximately fourteen years, learning alongside the swordsmanship and horsemanship from the mercenaries, how to manage finances from his father, who wished for Richard to remain and continue the family business. However, Richard rejected this request, and instead decided to, at the age of thirty-three, with funds saved from his years of work, depart and seek to join a retinue, under either a liege lord or a mayor, to help enforce laws.

For three more years Richard acted as a town watchman for a small hamlet farther in the countryside, up until he returned in 1831. Bartholomew was ill, and Greta Hanush had died as a result of complications with an infection she had sustained in Richard's absence. Richard remained at and helped around his father's home and business, until Bartholomew's passing later that year.

Richard Hanush would then take the remaining belongings he had in his name from the estate, and would then depart to resume his travels, after attending to the funeral of his father.