[@Harbringer] You mean of the band that he travelled with? Yeah, sure. He could have met them and been part of their troupe for awhile. Their personalities match and, not to mention, their fashion sense. So now Ret has a past as an outlaw! It's not what I was expecting but hey, it's all good.

The childhood friend is already reserved for another character though. It's also kind of implausible since Archibald hasn't been born yet when Ret was in his childhood years. :>.