Otto was the only child of a small farming family in the Haense/Markev area. All he knew was farming and fishing, until the Red Vaeyl came. He quickly ran away trying to avoid it as much as possible. He eventually found a nice wooded area and stayed in a fallen log for a while until he heard of one final push against the Red Vaeyl. He knew very little about combat, he had no friends and nothing to lose, so he decided to join. He was there for the battle but stayed in the back and tried not to be noticed by anything or anyone. As the battle was coming to an end and the forces were being pushed back he didn’t know what to do so he instead just followed the rest. When they ran from Atlas because of the blizzard, Otto was hurt by an object that hit his head during The Ravines of Serrimor, and awoke in Arcas.