Life Before Durance:

Michael Foster was a used car salesman from Arden Delaware before his durance. He was born in a middle class family to a Math teacher father and bartender mother and has two older brothers. He had a fairly average upbringing and was known as a smooth talker when he wanted to be. He had average grades, but spent more time having fun then really applying himself academically.

Abduction, Durance and Keeper:

Mike was abducted at night on the way back from a bar. Arden was a tiny town, and he was able to walk to and from without much trouble. On the night he was abducted though he decided to take a walk in Sherwood forest, as small towns rarely have a lot to do after the bars close. There he met a goth woman of impeccable beauty. She promised him a fun time, and in his drunken stupor he made no effort to resist.

The Goth chick was actually his keeper, The Midnight's Lament. She led him deeper into the forest as what little available light there was faded. He eventually found himself at a cottage, where he was routinely neglected and abused.

Escape:

After a year of harassment, Milo had picked up a few tricks. One night when Midnight was in another room arguing with her sisters, Milo used the contract of Separation to slip the bindings in Midnights room and hop out the window. He activated the contracts of Smoke to enhance the shadows that had been clinging to him for longer then he could realize and ran through the forest till there were thorns. Then he ran through the thorns. Eventually he emerged through a Hedge gate in the New York City sewers, where an Autumn Darkling took him to the Freehold.

Life after the escape:

Mike was given a New ID (Milo Chernobog), and became a middle man for the NYC Autumn Courts criminal activities. He guided and misdirected as necessary, and continued to work to earn his keep. He left NYC for Sacramento because he didn't like knowing there was a route from his Keepers place almost directly to the city. He refused to even stay on the same coast as her.

Life in Sacramento:

Milo kept to himself early on, but has been involved in an investigation of the criminal organization known as the Long Midnight. He had obtained the groups 'shipment', a token that could steal memories through birds and a flute, but lost it when Emma disappeared from the Autumn Commons. It was meant as a bargaining chip for the Freeholder's to negotiate with the Long Midnight, and so Milo has moved with a group to reacquire them and check on Emma's safety.

He has also found himself involved in the investigation of Ms Rosemary's disappearance. As a fixture of the freehold her absence at her court's event was felt, and the Freehold gathered to find her. Despite not knowing the woman personally, Milo volunteered to help in whatever way he could.