Latveria is a small European nation located in southeastern Europe, outside of the city of Haasenstadt is where the Zefiro clan often camped. The clan were referred to as gypsies by the outside world despite the people living peaceful lives as Latverian and Romani wanderers. The clan however were often the victims of harassment, discrimination and persecution the Baron and his men, and while many Zefiro accepted this behaviour, there was one member of the clan that would. A sorceress named Cynthia von Doom who had witnessed her people persecuted and harassed for decades cast a spell in an attempt to give her magical powers to fight for her people. The spell was unsuccessful however it summoned a power demon known as Mephisto. Cynthia made a deal with the demon, promising her soul in order to gain the power of Mephisto. Once Cynthia gained her new power, she went into the village in an attempt to fight back against the Baron and its men. While successful, it also came at the cost of Cynthia accidentally killing many of the children of the village, sadden by her faults she renounced her power and was killed by the village’s soldiers. Cynthia’s body was left for dead until it was discovered by her husband Werner, in her last dying breathe she begs her husband to keep their son safe.
