gawain hails from the duchy of dalmore, a small country on the same island as feendrache and wales. it had a weak military and was frequently assaulted by thieves, but gawain was its saving grace. with his strength, he could single-handedly take down armies and rally dalmore's troops. Thanks to him, dalmore was able to maintain order and secure peace treaties with wales and other neighboring countries, and gawain received the epithet "hero of dalmore."

however, gawain's unrivaled strength soon got to his head. knowing that nobody would dare oppose him—nor had the strength to—he became a tyrant who abused and even killed dalmore's citizens without a care. quickly all the admiration people felt toward him morphed into fear and hatred. after some time, the king decided that there was no option but to execute gawain.

one woman stood against the king's decision, though; gawain's older sister and court sorceress florence. in order to lighten his sentence, she convinced the king to leave gawain to her. disguising herself as a wandering sorceress, she provoked gawain into a duel and prevailed. she cursed his armor so that he would not be able to remove it until he had done enough good deeds and redeemed himself, thus sending him on an unofficial exile from dalmore as he sought ways to remove this curse. it is during this journey of his that he comes across and joins the crew.