Backstory

Born a Drow, Frank was abandoned on the surface as an infant and found by a human mechanic in an industrial slum. He was given a human name, Frank Connor, and raised among the working underclass. He never knew his heritage, only that he was different. He showed a remarkable aptitude for machinery, eventually becoming a master "magi-tech," fixing everything from enchanted water pumps to complex magical conduits. For a time, he fell into an addiction to an alchemical stimulant to work longer hours, but overcame it through sheer force of will, a victory that forged his paladin-like determination. His innate sorcerous abilities lay dormant until the recent wild magic surge from Iron Mountain, which awoke the chaotic power in his blood. Now, this self-made paladin, who pledges allegiance to no god but to the ideal of self-determination, finds himself wielding a power he barely understands. Though he tells himself he has everything he wants—a respected trade and his own two feet to stand on—he is driven by an ambition to prove his worth and a deep-seated need to protect the common folk from the kind of systemic abuse he grew up seeing.