Born as the youngest son to a family of Highlander swordsmiths, he spent his youth surrounded by the scorching heat and ringing anvils of a bustling workshop in the frozen northern territory of Reinmar. His parents and older siblings were proud masters of the forge, raising him strictly within a traditional, demanding environment where anything less than a perfect blade was discarded. While he absorbed their generations of blacksmithing techniques, he grew increasingly tired of living under the shadow of his family. Wanting to forge his own reputation without relying on his father's coin or connections, he packed his favorite hammer to seek out his own destiny. With an ambitious but stubborn drive, he turned his back on the cold mountains of his home and journeyed down south to seek out a new beginning within the realm of Azuras.