Charlaxis was born into an upper-upper-middle class Chelaxian family and raised in Egorian. His parents had great aspirations to raise the esteem of their family and gain power by living vicariously through their children: all 12 of them.
Born the 3rd child of 12, Charlaxis' destiny was to be apprenticed and trained in Law and to become a travelling lawyer, judge and inquisitor, dispensing the convoluted justice of Asmodeus through out Cheliax.
Unfortunately, whilst dispensing Asmodeus' will in a backwards agricultural town, Charlaxis put to death a noble who was visiting the town incognito. To make matters worse, the noble was currently in great favour with the Thrice-Damned house Thrune and so Charlaxis was deemed a national traitor. Charlaxis fled the country, changing his name to simpler 'Charles'. As is often the case, Charlaxis' existence was wiped from the official history books, and his family was greatly punished. Some of his siblings were enslaved, others killed. Curiously, some of them ended up rising in fame and esteem because of it.
Despite his expulsion from Cheliax, Charles still believes in the absolute value of the law: If you trust in following the law to the letter, then you can generally get around any issue you face. Contracts are binding, especially if you write them to favour you greatly. For this reason, Charles has found a new family serving as a legal representative for the Sczarni. Even man deserves his day in court.
