Jacob was born to the yarl of a viking clan they had settled in to a town and at about the age of 10 his village was raided by goblins. lucky he was in a ship at the time out fishing with by him self when he returned he found the remains of his village. and grabbed his dad sword, cloak, tunic, his moms hunting bow, flint, and left for the woods. he stayed there for 5 years mastering his hunting and cooking skills and sometimes killing goblins that would pass by. then he decided that this not the way and left to find civilization. he found a highlander clan and slowly became friends with the king. and mastered the sword and got the best pair of steal armor the kingdom had when one night the king was murdered and the towns people suspected Jacob so he fled. shortly after the kings death a new king took power. the rising tensions with another kingdom arose, they declared war and lost and was forever destroyed. Jacob fled to Curonia where he joined a bounty hunters guild swearing to wipe out every trace if the beasts know as goblins.