Some short ideas:<br/><br/><strong>Calim:</strong>Met at a fancy dinner party where Calim performed. Wlady being a guy who enjoys his drink with song so this Rostland guy over here, he's a funny guy, mkay? The party ends abruptly when Wlady, who is a bit too off the crust of the earth with imported wine, decides to call a Surtovan rival a whoreson and everything erupts in a brawl to remember. Thoroughly beaten up but in a good mood Wlady drags the poor bard along to a nearby tavern because "no party should end before the rooster crows".<br/><br/><strong>Jazzy:</strong>As a kid Wlady's dad took his son out into the Gronzi Forest at every given opportunity and hunted and taught him all manners of little fey wisdoms. On one such trip the little Wlady fell from his horse and broke his arm. But rather than take the crying little brat home he dragged him deeper into the forest until they met a tiny "witch". She seemed to know his dad, who payed her to shove berries in his mouth, whereas his arm reset itself and healed.<br/><br/><strong>Saruma:</strong>We could make this REAL SAD and have Wlady's father be part of the raid that destroyed Saruma's village and then pulling a Monseigneur Frollo and leaving the tiny kitten somewhere to be trained with his sponsorship.<em>I'm a sick fuck</em>. Or if you were thinking the raiders were not from Brevoy then Wlady's dad could have stumbled upon the aftermath and found Saruma. Either way he visits regularly to check on his sponsorship, often with a young Wlady in tow.<br/><br/><strong>Sophia:</strong>As an emissary Wlady's dad sometimes had the great misfortune of having to deal with the Tiger Lords. For one such trip he brought young Wladyzlaw with him (grade A parenting) and there was a minor diplomatic kerfuffle when the boy smiled at a cute girl hiding behind her amazon warrior mom. That girl of course being lil Sophia.<br/><br/>These are not in depth, just little ideas of encounters that left impressions on Wlady and the other parties.  ;D