Though he still kept his true name, he hid it out of necessity. It is revealed through his supports with Byleth that it was the name he was given when he was adopted by Count Rowe.
In the year 1174, he is noticed by Count Rowe and taken as an adoptive son, where he took the name Yuri. This chain of events inspired him to obtain his compassionate resolve. Some time later, he fell deathly ill to a plague which wiped almost his entire town, but was saved and healed by the same elderly man, who passed away some time later due to natural causes. As a token of gratitude, he taught him how to read and write, the memory of which he kept within a notebook. His mother was a prostitute, and the identity of his father is unknown.Īt some point during his childhood, his family hosted and nursed an elderly man back to health. He was born in the year 1160, in a poor town in Western Faerghus. Underneath his crude speech, it can be vaguely seen that he holds a strong desire to protect the residents of Abyss. He was a student of the Officers Academy, but was expelled due to circumstances, and moved to live in the Abyss. 7 Choose Your Legends Placement History.