Ars was born into the Heart Clan, but his arrival in the world was anything but a joyous occasion.
He had been cursed from the very beginning.
His father was a hunter who had died several months before his son's birth, killed on the battlefield.
His mother also lost her life mere seconds after giving birth to him, suffering from severe internal bleeding that neither miracles nor healing spells could stop.
Ars's mother died with grief and terror reflected in her eyes as the light faded from them.
And the reason for that terror was the appearance of the child she had brought into the world.
He was no ordinary human infant.
He was a savage, grotesque creature that looked as though it had been born in the depths of hell, so horrifying that everyone who laid eyes on him recoiled in fear.
A demonic child with horribly deformed features.
