At one point Jeffrey was a member of the king's guard, but after an altercation with the king's adviser, Jeffrey was exiled in dishonor. Instead of leaving the land, Jeffrey took up a position as the information broker at the black market where he met with some adventurers and asked them to retrieve his sword. Unbeknownst to him, the adventurers were sent to kill the king, and while they may have forgot the sword, they decided to announce him as the heir apparent after the King's death. He know rules over Artraea.