chapters 1-4 complete

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 - **Family:** Minor nobility — the D'Nardis name opens doors in political and mercantile circles. Leon was raised with comfort, formal education, and expectations of a respectable career path
 - **School:** Met Phelan at school. Phelan tutored him. Leon was being bullied — Phelan taught him two combat fire spells as a practical solution. Leon instantly combined the two into an unexpectedly effective hybrid spell, which impressed Phelan and sparked the friendship. First sign of Leon's "brute force but clever" approach
 - **The break:** Rejected the noble path, guild structure, and family expectations deliberately. Not rebellion for its own sake — he saw what the structured life looked like and chose otherwise. Tomb raiding offered freedom and thrill. Licensed by the Arcane Compact only because the alternative is prison
+- **Father's injury:** Leon's father was injured in a bandit raid on his carriage while traveling between the territories he governs. Survived but required expensive healing. Leon traveled to see him — they care for each other under the black-sheep tension. The financial pressure (healer bills combined with operational debt from the Vethani Crypts job) drove Leon to sell the Mallory focusing crystal fast and cheap to a traveling vendor rather than negotiating full value. This is the direct link between Leon's backstory and the Book 2 main plot.
 - **Current family relationship:** Complicated but functional. He's the black sheep but not cut off. Shows up for occasional family obligations, uses the name when convenient, leaves before the lectures start. The family tolerates him because he's not embarrassing enough to disown and too stubborn to control
 
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