Aelred Fireshield is of the Brant Family, who reside in Igelton Hall outskirts of large town of Ridswell , in the county of Kallagley . He is the brother of the current head of the family, Jolen Brant.
 
Being a younger child of the family, and therefore not an heir, he was given the choice at age 10 of various profession/ways of life he could pursue. He chose the church, and was sent to the main Priory outside the capital. There, after a few years, he chose to follow a Paladin, a Holy Warrior of Church.
Granted his titling at age 20, he renounce his family name, and rights inherit land connected with that name, as well as all privilages that would come from being a son of a noble house. He took the name Fireshield as his new surname, and so formally dedicated himself to the church and the religion of the 6.