Hugo was born to a loving and small family of four shortly outside of Norland. While his father worked as a blacksmith, while his mother tended to their garden and cared for Hugo and his younger brother Finn. Although his early life was mostly schooling and helping his mother in the garden, Hugo always dreamed of the future often staying out late at night to watch the sleeping forests and stars float in the night. At the age of sixteen Hugo's family home caught fire late into the evening, with the help of neighboring villagers Hugo and his family made it out except for his mother who was lost