Fai was born to an influential family hailing from the far eastern lands. Said family had influential enemies. One night Fai's family was betrayed and attacked. That attack was vicious, quick and devastating, nearly wiping out his family wholesale. it would have too if not for some loyal and quick thinking servants spiriting him away after replacing him in the crib with another child. Fai was taken west, to hide with the gaijin out of the influence of his enemies. Thus the baby grew into a child, intemperate, angry, alien to his peers and alone. He was bullied by other children for being small and "squinty eyed" nigh constantly. This made him yearn for the home he never knew but knew existed greatly. Sadly he could not go back without being killed.
The sad bullied child grew into an angry young man. He cultivated his Qi with the few exercises his servants/parents knew from his family endlessly. Hoping to regain a spark of his birthright. he directed his anger and misanthropy outwards, and his adversaries noticed. Fights with him started becoming less deal with bruises and more dealing with broken bones and disjointed limbs. Soon the fights started to get fewer and far between, but more severe, as no one took  him on with out a weapon or a distinct numbers advantage. One day while drowning his depression in cheap beer he was attacked by several toughs filled with liquid courage and bearing daggers. They jumped him in the bar, and he was hurt badly. In a fit of desperation something broke inside him, and fire lashed out at them from him, setting their alcohol stained clothes alight. All this happened in front of a talent scout for Utul, said scout promptly enrolled him in the college. Now after many years Fai see a way for him to reclaim what is his, and make a place for himself in the world.