Afried was born in the treetop town in Mirkwood called Woodmen's Town, growing up among the hunters and gatherers that made the vast forest their home. As a young boy he was daring, never fearing to hop to the next tree to playfully capture a woodland critter. These skills translated into his young adulthood, and as a young teen, developed to be an exceptional hunter.

Living in the shadow of Dol Goldur was no easy task however, and the murder of Afried's father by the foul beasts and orcs drove him and his mother to leave their secluded town. Heading south, to Rohan. Settling along the outer fringes of the country, Afried and his mother established a homestead, where his mother continued to hunt and trade meat and furs with the towns further inward.

Going into his mid twenties, the evil that killed Afried's father plagued his mind, and eentualy led to his decision to leave, heading North through the Gap of Rohan, to see the paths safe and rid of the foul beasts that plagued his true home of Mirkwood.

Through his journey North, Afried befriended an injured hawk, whom he nursed back to health. Realizing the hawk was unwilling to leave, Afried began to train it as a hunting companion, giving it the name Shawe. He grew fond of the bird, and considers Shawe to be one of his closest friends.

Upon arriving in the west, Afried began to take notice to odd and out of place events that were occurring in the woods. Spiders moving into Chetwood from the marshes, restless trees in the Old forest with rotted wood and poisoned sap,  and murky, inky water. Afried began to plot these occurrences, and has made it his personal mission to find the source to this sickness, and defend the woods of whatever omens this sickness may bring.