Default Backstory. (I am willing to work with other muses, especially if you play a Daud or another Whaler to change or establish relationships. Otherwise the following is the default history of Heinrich.)

At the age of sixteen Heinrich left his family in Serkonos in hopes of making money to send to them. Even with his mother's marriage to the merchant Ethan Fergus the two found it hard to support their six children.  So the three oldest, Heinrich, his twin sister Simone and their younger sister Gail decided they'd help support the others.

While Simone and Gail found work in Serkonos Heinrich got a spot upon a Whaling ship and left the island. However, he was young and often had a bad attitude with his superiors that quickly led to him being abandoned penniless and friendless in Dunwall.  Without having much skill or education for "honest" work he quickly fell into trouble with gambling and gangs.

It wasn't until he was in his 20s that he met Daud, a younger man himself, and agreed to join the Whalers. At the time