He suffered 37 stab wounds before collapsing at the front door.
Their mother dies a few years later and then suddenly Emily is 13 years old, stealing and getting into trouble - until she is introduced to Jenny who is a representative of the Osaki Training School where the Five Knights were formed.
Emily soon meets a new friend - Michella - at the School and they hit it off instantly.
Every art piece that he makes pays a special ode to a cultural setting, making him a true connoisseur of not only modern desires but legacy references as well.
It made the book a little confusing at times to have such a wide cast of characters.
During his time at the Met Office he was lucky enough to do some overseas forecasting in the tropics on Ascension Island for the military.