Hood grew up a wealthy noble, heir to a great house, but was exiled by the Unspoken for his potential role in a prophecy. During his time in exile, Hood put together the League of the Nine and returned to Olwyn with an army at his back. He himself dealt the killing blow to the Unspoken in the great battle at Sorrows’ End, and has ruled Hareford from there ever since.

In the decades since, Hood has grown increasingly unstable as he finds himself increasingly abandoned by his old allies. Of course, this abandonment may be of his own making, since he continually pushes toward Hareford’s dominance of Olwyn.