Siva Gupta

Siva Gupta is a well known philanthropist and diplomat who was born and raised on **Cubeo III**. He has a long career of work across the planet, but he is most well known for his role as president of Wellspring Philanthropic. He had a prestigious upbringing. His father was a wealthy and influential noble with Cubeo Patron Principles - a fact he has tried to distance himself from in his older age.

Childhood

Siva Gupta was born in Bauschinger City on **Cubeo III** on October 26th, 3221.He was the 6th son in a large family. His father, who was an avid patron and benefactor of a Sikh Gurdwara in the city sent Siva there during his formative years to be trained as a Granthi and steep himself in the religion. The young Siva bucked against this decision of his father, preferring to have been sent to a standard Imperial school in the city with his friends. His father refused him this, and forced him to attend the Gurdwara and train to become an Amritdhari Sikh.

Siva did not take to his training well, and at the age of 16 he ran away from the Gurdwara with a serving girl from a local restaurant named Haasini. The children fled south together, into the Evermore jungle. Both wanted to escape from their pasts and start a new life together. They attempted to head south to the territory controlled by the fractured Evermore tribes - who they believed would take them in as refugees from the Empire. This plan did not work, and the pair soon became lost in the jungle.

The pair spent the better part of a year living in the jungle together. Siva used survival training skills to make a wooden hut for them to live in. With food abundantly available in the forest, and the assistance of several modern supplies they had brought with them, they lived a comfortable enough life in the beginning. Things took a turn for the worse when Haasini became pregnant. Siva wished for them to return to the city, but Haasini, fearing the wrath of her vengeful father, refused. Haasini and the baby died in childbirth later that year. Devastated, Siva buried Haasini and the baby before returning to civilization.

Young adulthood

Upon returning to Bauschinger City, Siva's father was overjoyed. He relented, and instead of sending Siva back to the Gurdwara sent him to the Imperial school. Siva attempted to forget his past, and threw himself into his schoolwork. He worked incredibly hard, and proved himself quite adept at the diplomacy track in school.