Galen is a Heartlander, he grew up in the Kingdom of Santegia and liked to enjoy the market areas most. He grew up as a commoner, but that didnt stop him from participating in keeping "in the know" of the cities politics, and nobility. Galen had a knack for guessing which Lord would assume certain roles in the Kingdom, and would frequently win small sums of money with this when betting amoungst friends.
His family were tradesmen, mostly middlemen. They would take goods and crafts from the farmers and selling them at market for a small mark-up. Galen worked on the street carts mostly growng up where he met a lot of the regular folks. He never truley felt comfortable with the commoners and always secretly wanted to rise above his status.. but.. dreams were dreams, and reality put him back at his seller cart every morning.
After he grew to a teen, he moved from the carts to selling at the stall in the main market. From there he grew to be a rather confident, and capabale salesman. His father recognized this, and gave Galen a pay raise. After saving enough money, Galen went to a tutor to learn how to read and write in a basic form.. During his classes he met the woman of his dreams; Martha. They got married and had two kids together. Xavier and Scout.
Galen was a Red Faith believer, and thinks the Norlander way is far more appealing than listening to the prattles of High clement the II. He didn't put much in faith in the ways of god.. but he had it in his back pocket for if and when being devout came.. supe useful amoung the zelot crowd.
Galen grew weary of not having any sword training.. and wanted to be able to protect his family.. so he took himself and his young son Xavier to a formal swordman teach to learn the basics of combat... Now Galen wants to move into local politics.. We'll see how it goes.
