Iamb is one of a trio of brothers who worked as a combat entertainment group, otherwise known as the Iron Vigil. Iamb was the protector of the group, With his brother Kolgo acting as long range support and his other brother, Mortoki as their medic.
Their group toured for several years, doing well enough to even purchase a small ship, which cost them their combined entire savings, and which Kolgo and Mortoki decided that Iamb would be better without, leaving him on a planet (they assumed) had no ships. It took him several years, but Iamb managed to find and repair a crashed that worked well enough to leave orbit and get picked up by a passing ship. He made his way back into the Triune systems, looking for his brothers so he can have his revenge.