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tldr version:

♦His dad's a huge douche canoe who was using him for some sort of experiment.[break]
♦He escaped one day and his appearance caused a stir amongst the townsfolk, ending with his father disappearing without a trace and him being adopted.[break]
♦New family is super cool and he lives a relatively quiet life up until his magic begins to manifest.[break]

Clover

what am I?

Upon opening the door, the young boy shielded his eyes as the light of midday washed over his pale skin. Squinting, he slowly opened his eyes to the sight of a busy street, the hustle and bustle of everyday life entrancing him. Slowly, he took a timid first step out of the manor he called home.[break][break]

That was Orlan's first memory of the outside world, not so far away from the basement where he ate, slept, and played. A lonely existence, where his daily routine was decided entirely by his father, who kept a watchful eye on the boy, calling him "a grand experiment". Unfortunately, his father was also extremely strict, using magic to punish him for the slightest sign of rebellious behavior; a favorite punishment of his to dole out was to transmogrify the boy into a small rabbit and leave him in a small cage for a few hours, like a cruel version of "the time out corner." Such punishments left a lasting effect on Orlan's physical appearance, causing his pupils to appear much more narrow and animalistic as well as making him sport a permanent pair of rabbit ears.[break][break]

Thankfully, albiet due to sheer luck oweing to his father forgetting to lock up when he left, Orlan managed to get outside that one time. That was all it took, the sight of such a young child with nearly snow-white skin and bunny ears wandering from the home of a well-known witch raised many questions. The inquiry that followed raised even more.[break][break]

As far as anyone could tell, Orlandeau's father was a single man who lived by himself. He had never been married, nor did he have any romantic attachments. There was no records of adoption either, so it was unclear as to where the boy had come from. At any rate, Orlan's father went missing the day after he had escaped, and the child was put up for adoption shortly after due to the overwhelming evidence of abuse and neglect.[break][break]

Thankfully for the boy, he was soon taken in by one of the people he had met that fateful day he wandered into the outside world: a young woman by the name of Xiao Ling who took a shine to the lad. Ling, you see, was unable to have children of her own and to her, Orlandeau was like the son she never had. The two quickly grew close, and his day-to-day life approached something that could be called "normal."[break][break]

Until his magic started to manifest, that is. But that's a story for another time.