Found running the woods as wild boy by a group of wandering gypsies with no memory of who he was or who is parents were, Amsel was raised/taken by the group's hunter/tradesman, Tobar Lovelle after saving him from a noble hunting party in search of a creature attack rich locals in the forest. Seeing the mark of magic in the boy, Tobar took pity on him and taught him how to hide his powers to keep him safe from the prejudiced of the local priests and nobles that might see him as bad luck, though he and a few others in caravan knew a little magic themselves to teach him the basics. From there he was taught how to speak, how to read and write and how to live off the land, hunting with the gypsies and learning what they knew about the world and the supernatural.