 In Aleppo, in the house of my fathers, a crime had occurred and we fled.The Lords of Emar were descended from the sisters of my mother, so we settled in Emar.My brothers, who were older than me, also lived with me..." After his family had been forced to flee to Emar, with his mother's people, he realized that he wouldn't wield real power in Emar, saying "...but he that is with the people of Emar, is a slave."