[@Themerlinhawk]

Hey, I’m really glad you liked the pair! And thanks for lookin’ over ‘em.

I purposely left the Official vague, as I wasn’t really sure of the setting’s current political landscape. While I didn’t plan for this part of the backstory to carry into the roleplay, I’m also open for it to be. There are a number of scenarios that could have played out, but the general idea is that Adam had connections to high society and that’s where he got caught in some nasty crossfire. The Official could have been related to the government, or even just been a writer whose subject was too sensitive to continue being published. It could also have just been a random act of terrorism from the Stygians. For the sake of simplicity, I’d probably go with that last option—some terrorist Stygians attacking a celebrity whose party Adam happened to be at.

As for Thotafus… I’m not really sure Thotafus would care much about Adam. While Adam did endure intense pain over a long period of time, he didn’t have any addictions borne from it or gain a desire to cause pain on others. Quite the opposite, even—he’d be more likely to follow gods like Elsingdar or Orcorum in his thirst for culture and knowledge. 

And the parents! Also didn’t really have any plans there. I just figured it was a mother with an unwanted pregnancy and no family support who just wanted to be rid of them. It would be fun to tie something more into their parentage (like a teensy shard of Orieon’s knowledge somehow getting implanted into the mother, causing her to go insane and Eve to become a messed up genius), but as I’ve said before, I don’t mind just keeping things simple for the sake of practicality.