Aalin was born about the time the Blood War ended into a Cult family. His parents were the former Hand, and the former Serpent of The Cult of Zelial. When he was age 10, a cult member came to him with an offer to join the cult with amnesty for all the crimes passed down by the parents if he gave up their location. Aalin, too young to know what this meant, agreed. His parents were captured and thrown in the deepest dungeon in The Ordained Halls. From there, Aalin was groomed to be a Cult assassin, and ended up being one of the best. When he hit 32 years of age, Aurland eventually decided that his parents were to be executed, and a new Hand elected. As such, Aalin was elected, and during the ritual to become the Hand, he was made to kill his own parents to finish the ritual.