"My wife's chasing phantoms, that's all. A friend of hers thought she saw our son on Mannett Point, but my wife knows quite well that our son is dead."
- Iero to the Republic Operatives

Iero was a male human living on Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell Planet

with his wife Ellis

Ellis (Human) Character Minor Characters (Cold War era)

during the Separatist War. Their son Paul

Paul (Human) Character Minor Characters (Cold War era)

disappeared after Separatists

Mantellian Separatists Organization Planetary and Sector

raided their house and remained missing for five years, during which the couple struggled together. By 3643 BBY they found themselves in the refugee camp outside Fort Garnik, just on the outskirts of the war zone. It was at this time that Ellis was informed by a woman named Jenna

Jenna (Human) Character Minor Characters (Cold War era)

that she saw her son alive at Mannett Point, by this time a separatist-controlled territory. Iero remained skeptical and did not want to give his wife false hope, yet despite his words she convinced

Lost Son Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

a team of Republic operatives

Republic Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

to confirm whether it was indeed their son. As it turned out, Paul was indeed alive but pumped with rage-inducing stimulants to the point that he did not remember his own name, much less his parents. He was taken off the stims, but was still in danger to other due to extreme aggressiveness, and to avoid facing his parents after what he did, Paul fled Ord Mantell.