Buckley was given up by his family shortly after his birth. After seeing two horn-like objects sprouting from the head of the baby on its day of birth, Buckley's parents took this as a bad omen, and that the child would be pure evil. After being passed around from family to family, none quite ever getting accustomed to Buckley's increasingly long horns as he grew, Buckley finally decided enough was enough — running away one day never to be seen again by society at large. Too ashamed of his horns to do much else, Buckley spent years by himself, learning, growing and adapting to the environment around him. This made him quite resilient and he found that his horns helped him quite a bit to do all sorts of things. This experience allowed Buckley to feel good about himself for the first time in his life, but just as things were beginning to look up, he spotted someone walking towards him, and wanting to scare them like he did everyone else, he tried hiding his face away, embarrassed to even be seen by another person. But Buckley was shocked to discover an outstretched hand and warm smile on the face of the person before him. They introduced themselves as Gil, and asking Buckley's name in return, all he could say was "You're not scared of me?" After a brief glance upward at his horns, then back down to his eyes, Gil said that didn't matter, so long as they could be friends. Never knowing this level of kindness, the two quickly became best friends and set out together to face the world. After some years travelling together, the two learned of the Grand Ball Cup and decided that would be the best opportunity to make some money for themselves to find a place to stay that wasn't in the middle of nowhere.