Wellll! Nully does not know this, but he has an a evil twin that was abandoned athwart the portal steps of the Convent of Perpetual Bliss. There he was taught well by the good sisters until, for some peccadillo, your hero was from thence untimely removed.
The handsome young man fled the country as a apprentice on a pirate ship, itself in need of a safer harbour.
He sailed the seas to rob the rich and succor the fairest of the fair, especially those given the burden of too much beauty, for example ...well I cannot name any examples on DD but you get the picture.