Danalieth Hope, as later events would confirm, was the son of his mother, not only in blood, but in the mind. Selena Hope fled Gilneas during the Gilnean Civil war, unofficially breaking off an uneasy marriage to a certain Jefferson Hope, a Gilnean nobleman. However. she had not taken off on her own. In her flight, she had not only dragged along her youngest son, Danalieth, aged about eight years at the time, but a lover that went by the name Aeder. From there, after having recovered his wits, Dan began to wander, doing odd jobs for those willing to pay.