The Svetlazvia family is a Russian mob family, the father, Viktor runs it and uses his successful company as a cover story. His wife, Sasha, is left out like the rest of the family, but instead is a lawyer for her husbands company. They have four children, two girls 16 and 15, two boys 17 and 18. Their son Sylvester was raised purposely to be a 'Knuckle Buster' or rather 'Reinforcer' treated differently to his siblings and family. Viktor initiated it be like this, which led to him being emotionally unavailable with extreme violent tendencies. He is a torchered genius. Ritchie is the prodigal son, the son that gets shown off. His sisters, Katrina and Isla are intelligent and spoiled, and more or less a flex for viktor.

The children from a young age were taught not to interact with Sylvester or associate themselves with him, leading him to be neglected, and misunderstood by his own family.

Viktor was picking them up from school, despite their social status, they still went to a private school. Viktor usually proffered silence. Yet Isla, as always, was ranting about something unimportant, a boy, at school. When Viktor spoke over her, forc8ng her to Holt her sentence. "You kids need to get a date to the charity gala, not you Sylvester." Viktor never let Sylvester date.