In his early 20s, Xander met Rea, his first wife, they met while Rea was on the run from the Prince of Betelgeuse, Rea just happened to end up in the Inkverse whilst teleporting away.
Rea brought Xander to her homeland the kingdom of Andromeda via teleportation, where they had two Children, Kenshin, the firstborn, and Cataclysma.
When Kenshin was a year old, Rea fell ill from a rare illness, and Xander set out to find the most important yet rare ingredient in the cure, a type of mushroom.
The mushrooms were guarded by a samurai of Inkla descent, after some negotiation the samurai gave Xander a mushroom.
But when the cure was given to Rea it did the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do, Rea died instantly.
Enraged, Xander set out to find and take revenge on the samurai, with a young Kenshin secretly following Xander.