Signus comes from a noble background, though he always spurned the way his family and their noble friends treated anyone not of "equal or higher" status. He grew up intentionally making trouble for his parents and relished in any chance he got to ruin their distasteful mockeries of commoners and posh gatherings which he considered to be nothing but a blatant gesture to tell people less fortunate of the Vittori family's vast wealth. Signus wasn't entirely convinced that his family's fortune came from entirely legitimate and legal means - a theory he managed to prove correct when he overheard a meeting between his father and a notorious leader of particularly cruel highwaymen.

Members of this leader's group found Signus as he was eavesdropping and attacked him. As he went unconscious, Signus heard his father tell the highwaymen that they could do whatever they wanted with him. Next thing Signus knew, he was in the middle of the bandits' hideout. As he shook the grogginess from himself, Signus looked around and saw many things. Crude banners, lots of boisterous, unwashed men, a large trove of valuable goods and treasures, but what caught his eye most was a most peculiar gauntlet.

This gauntlet was black as jet, and seemed to irradiate a dark energy from it. This energy sent shivers down Signus' spine, but he was not bothered by it. Picking the gauntlet up, for it was within reach of where he was held, Signus felt drawn to put it on. In doing so, Signus felt a surge of terrible power flow throughout his body as a deep, booming voice filled his mind with promises of power if he only gave in to the entity that controlled the artifact.

Signus refused, and tried to take the gauntlet off to no avail. When he threatened suicide, the voice in his head subsided, and offered him a bargain.

"Spare yourself, and take me with you out of this hellhole. I shall grant you small parts of my magical abilities in thanks."

Intrigued by this, Signus agreed to the contract, and began his escape. This escape required him to best several bandits in combat, which he managed to do fairly easy with the gift of power the gauntlet granted him. At the same time, it felt as though his power grew with each foe beaten. He told himself that he had to do his best to keep his abilities in check, lest the demonic entity behind the gauntlet grow strong enough to corrupt him and take over.

Signus travels the land in search of a way to keep control of the gauntlet's power without falling to corruption for good. While he doesn't consider himself to be a "remarkably good" person, he does his best to aid others if he can - especially if they are hard working farmers or commoners who deal with an exploitative and unjust Lord. He feels especially accomplished when he is able to aid women, though he isn't so brash as to flirt with every single one he comes across. He is a noble's son - albeit one who was abandoned by his own father - and he would hold himself as such regardless of his state.

This didn't mean he was remiss towards having a good time, of course.