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Ever since Tony was young, his family suffered through poverty. Lack of planning on his parent's part resulted in struggling to make ends meet and feed a family of seven, with Tony being the oldest son. It became his sacrifice to skip school and find as much work as he could do to help provide so that none of his other siblings would have to do it.[break][break]

Things only got worse when his mother became sick. Medicines and checkups were expensive, eating up their resources like a black hole. The state of their family was brittle, and their father was starting to look haggard and defeated. Tony was desperate to do anything at this point, and got an opportunity when he spotted a man who had dropped his wallet. Without thinking of regrets, he rushed for it and snatched it away. And thus began his life of petty thefts and crime.[break][break]

During his early teen years, he had been in the thievery business long enough to have picked up a few tricks here and there, and became the main breadwinner of his family. None of them knew the reason for this sudden luck in wealth, Tony simply telling them he found several jobs which gave him enough. His entire life would suddenly turn around for the better when he attempted to steal from a witch who worked for Silvertongue. [break][break]

This witch, sensing his potential for work and his gift for the arcane, decided to take him in as an apprentice and teach him everything he needed to learn to become a witch himself. In exchange, he had to stay loyal to his teacher and work for Silvertongue.[break][break]

Tony had nothing against this idea. The thought of becoming powerful and being able to defend himself excited him, as he never really imagined he would be good enough to be a witch. Even better, the coven he was recruited into offered a lot of money for those who weren't picky about their choice of work. The young witch was more than ready to start and make sure that his family never suffered again.