Grayson Delancey, the mercenary who would eventually get the name Paladin was born Grayson Delancey, in Chicago, Illinois. The oldest of two, Grayson's family was one that struggled to make ends meet. Growing up, he experienced this from an early age, and vowed that he would never be on who had to struggle to survive. This turned into him becoming a bully when he was at school, often times taking lunch money from the other children. When his younger brother was born, he was more upset than anything, realizing that what little the family had now had to be spread out over more than just three. No convincing from his parents could convince him otherwise. When he was fourteen, he decided that it was time that he took things into his own hands, and ran away from home.