King Straton

King Straton Hypatakos, son of King Hypatios of the city of Naphon, is ruler of the Phaidros Polis

Early Life (Birth - 10)
Straton Hypatakos was born son of King Hypatios and Queen Leandras. From a young age he felt enormous expectations placed upon him. He was thrust upon tutor after tutor, but no matter how much he tried he could never please either of them. Time for play was short, but he made of it what he could, finding other children to play with, whether they be the offspring of powerful citizens or slaves. When his mother found out she put a stop to it, having the slaves who played with him beat and Straton punished by giving him more work to do.

Around this time young Straton noticed something strange about his mother. She bore a smug satisfaction upon her face where once had been merely displeasure. His father was excited, something rare for the normally stern, somber man. One day, Hypatios went so far as to pat his son on the shoulder, something so rare that it prompted Straton to ask one of his tutors what was making his parents so happy.

It would be a brother - something that filled Straton with unexplainable displeasure. He was used to being the only child, the young prince that everybody bowed to and smiled at (everybody but his parents, at least), and something told him that this would change that. In that way he was wrong, but the truth was even worse than what he had thought. His parents were enraptured by the thing. Straton saw their faces and couldn't imagine them ever having looked at him in the same manner. His fathers orders and dismissals became more brusque, all the feeling taken from them. Leandras might as well have not existed - cooped up always with the baby, fussing over it when she wasn't telling the servants how great it was. The child was a year and a half before Straton saw it. Whenever he could, which was rare, he did his best to torment the boy, whose name was Nestor.

Youth (10 - )
His lonely world changed at age ten, when his uncle Hybatakon took a new boy to mentor.