Among the polite society of Chaminade, the posh sector of the planet Aziris, Atreu Damazki was the eldest child born of Inga Adair and Denali Danion. Denali Danion had made his mark among the "blessed" as a military tactician, working amid the consular and his committee of noble guards. The decorated young man had been working on a covert operation when had first noticed the young Inga in a cafe; their beginning rendezvous was anything less than blissful. Inga was daunted by his lewdness and lecherous ways, finding him completely below her standards of anything resembling human. It had been at the Rose Villa, the exotic restaurant Inga owned and was head chef for, where Denali had made his eternal commitment to his future bride. Three months after their vows exchanged and their marriage consummated, Inga confided her pregnancy to her husband during one of their cultures most hellish civil wars. Denali, not being elated of such news of a child, had ignored his wife during the first trimester of her pregnancy and did not become aware of her heightened mortality until Inga had almost died due to an unexplained illness. Born during the eve of spring, Atreu had brought a new joy to the lives of his parents and opened a gateway of renowned love and understanding between Inga and Denali. However, Karma and Fate would not be so kind to them where their beloved son was concerned.