Strictly speaking, Christopher was the most important and rightful person in the family.
His mother was Old Master Gellert's first wife. When Master Gellert was in his worst shape, she followed him and stayed by his side without hesitation.
She was the one who built up the foundation bricks of their family business with Master Gellert. To help his father, his mother was willing to give up on her pregnancy and sacrifice her baby for the business.
Later on, when everything finally got steadier after years and years of hard work, she found that she was pregnant again. The blessing of another child made her jump with joy. Alas, when she wanted to tell Master Gellert the good news, he showed up in front of her with another woman and a child.
The child was Christopher's oldest brother, an il
