His mother was a human diplomat's wife and father was a wood elf towns guard. They met wile he was stationed at the Diplomat's encampment out side of Falcettia. they fell in love and had a child out of wed lock. the child was sent away as an orphan, so as not to harm the family name of the diplomat. life was hard as an orphan, but it thought him how to fend for him self. He ran a way in search of his birth parents. This left him cold and alone on the streets of east town where he learned quickly how to use his nimble fingers he got form this dad to steal what he needed. one day he stole from a high ranking member of a crime organization, but instead of making an example of the kid, he put him to work stealing for the crime organization. Alan was good at it, he was quick , fast, and never got caught. He rose through the ranks quickly and became the top thief. He had every thing that he thought he wanted, money, a place to live, "friends", but something was missing. He had this pit in his heart that could not be filled. he longed for the family he never had, so he left the organization with out a word and set out in search of his parents in hopes that finding them might bring him peace and make him whole for the first time in his life.