he's a disgraced illegitimate son of an earl and some housemaid. who killed a guard corporal (nope, not a captain..too cliche) over the favors of a female of some race(was very drunk at the time. don't know if she had a tail or not. he was just chasing it). and then urinated on the captains boots as he stood there shocked at the unlikely scene of carnage.(they still don't see how the apple got there)