Born to the incredibly strict parents Duke Aidan Romyn Kincaid and Lady Isys Kincaid nee Crawford twenty-six years ago, Hadrian Romyn Kincaid is the oldest of several children. He has grown into a bitter, power-hungry young man who wants nothing more than to see his father no longer in power, though the Duke currently doesn't realize this ambition.
While his sister Aemy was his father's pride and joy, Hadrian was to be his father's minion and successor. Instead of seeing love or friendship from his father, Hadrian saw only strict, harsh tutoring. The Duke made sure Hadrian was educated with a polearm, then a blade at an early age, an age younger than most would suggest training begin. Hadrian seemed to excel the most with daggers and the bow and arrow, which the Duke found at first to be indicative of his son being frail. Any sign of failure or weakness was met with swift punishment, usually found in the form of a harsh beating, and there were a lot of beatings over daggers and arrows. These beatings always happened in private, however, such as in the stable or deep in the woods. Only the Duke and Hadrian were to know they occurred, and as such, the boy was often viewed by others as a clumsy child who got himself hurt all the time.
Slowly, the Duke began to realize that perhaps instead of knighthood, he could maneuver his son to another useful path, one less honorable, but just as valuable. At the age of eleven, Hadrian was sent to the Sky Forrest to train as a Ranger. There, he excelled at learning to hide, fire a crossbow and wield daggers. He also developed a knack for poisons. Whenever he would visit home, his father would quickly take him to spar and test his learnings, often engaging him in unfair fights geared towards allowing him to beat the boy down.
At nineteen, Hadrian became a full-fledged ranger, returning to Lakeshire to serve his father. While the boy had naturally developed a familial pride, he found himself growing to desire the day when his father was no longer around. He served Lakeshire diligently, fighting in the war as a silent assassin, and eventually taking his place as Master of the Lake Rangers. Even then, he still was not good enough for his father's discerning graces. Subjected to private defeats and sparring meant to cause him pain, Hadrian began to realize his youth and prowess were enough to win against his father, but he held back. As a tiger, he had learned that if he were indeed to one day make a move to rid Lakeshire of Duke Aidan, it was in his best interests for the Duke to have a false sense of combat superiority.
Unfortunately, these behaviors also left Hadrian a broken man, instilled with the need for love to hurt and the bitterness of a man desperate to usurp his father's power. As he has grown into his mid-twenties, he has gained a reputation as a quiet, intense man that is best not crossed, carrying with him the air of a man who has committed secret acts that would leave most men wise to leave him alone.