Barbarossa Judd has had a colourful life.  He was born the son of a blacksmith.  In most countries, the occupation of blacksmith was a humble profession but in a land where most of the population clad their bodies in metal, blacksmiths were held in the highest regard.  Barbarossa assisted his father around the forge but also developed other less-Tethran skills such as poetry and music.

At the age of twenty-five, he purchased the Scarlet Rock Theatre and wrote many of the plays and operas that were performed there.  His skill with words made him an obvious choice for the position of Tethran Ambassador, a role he fulfilled to great acclaim.