Salomon's father was the youngest of two sons, Riwallon became a leader of men in his own right but was always in the shadow of of his brother Nominoe who became king. In AD 835 Nominoe and his brother took his warriors across the Breton March and raided as they had always done into Frankish lands. On the field of battle a lone warrior, dressed as a Celt managed to get close to the king and strike him.
Eager to seize power after seeing his brother fall on the battlefield Riwallon gathered a host of men and rode hard to the King's Estate where his nephew lived so he could remove that last obstacle. Salomon and his cousin Erispoe, the Kings son where playing in the courtyard when he arrived announcing the death of the King, but sorrow quickly turned into suspicion and as the injured King rode in behind him, Riwallon caught in a hole and with nowhere to run held a knife to his young nephew's throat.
Erispoe killed his uncle with his eating knife, a single strike to the throat and Salomon watched in horror as he saw his father die in front of him at his cousins hand.
Salomon grew up forever clouded by the talk around the camp fires of his traitorous father and became angry and cruel as an adult, full of resentment of his Uncle, his king and his son. He will do anything to gain power over them and succeed where his father had not. One day, he vows, he will be King and Erispoe will be dead.
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