Long ago, Gage Blackthorn lived with his family in the village of Iadenveigh. A mixed clan with varying amounts of human and elven bloodlines, the Blackthorns lived a relatively peaceful life in this town secluded from the more dangerous parts of Numeria. As a child, whenever Gage would play and explore along the town’s outskirts, his older sister Tasha was always watching over him. They were a team, and despite having a penchant for getting into trouble, they always stuck together. Among his family, Gage was known for his promising martial prowess – a savant with sword, a crackshot with crossbows. He always wanted to use the fantastical tools and devices that existed in Numeria, but his family and the townspeople forbade it.

Years later as an adult, having returned from a hunting trip one day, Gage came back to town to find something distressing. His family was gone, their homes empty and devoid of life, even Tasha was nowhere to be found. Gage desperately searched and asked everyone in Iadenveigh for answers, but there were no traces nor witnesses to what had occurred. The Blackthorn family had simply vanished. With his life ripped out from underneath him, Gage set out to the Numerian wasteland – he intended to find out exactly what happened to his kin.