If Straud was wicked, then #Dragomir was evil incarnate. You see he'd taken Athan away from his actual parents as an infant. All to crush his foe's spirits. Of course he tore up the crib, spattered a bit of blood, & viola! Upon his parents return they thought they'd devoured junior while in beast form. Meanwhile Dragomir would entrust Straud to raise the brat & poor noble blooded Avelina would pass of a broken heart. Unaware her little "prince" was alive & "relatively" well.