Guilford was born in a small town near the southern part of Westfall called Moonbrook. His family served a group of lesser nobles called The Coopers, who earned most of their prestige off of selling crates and barrels, and had recently taken in a small family of beggars, the Norman family, when Guilford was barely five months old. Through the Cooper family, he grew up rather well, being home-schooled in Literature mostly. It is unclear how old he was when it happened, but when the Defias Brotherhood came, they slaughtered the Cooper and Norman families. Guilford only survived because he had decided to sneak out of his small room and was able to get behind some boxes as the hooligans burst through the door.