Faurosk was born the only child in an lower-class family, raised within the Outer City of Alliria. His mother worked as both a weaver and a tailor, running her business from the family's small home. His father entertained as a magician of sorts, using his experience in magic to perform prestidigitation and parlor tricks for the wealthy denizens of the Inner City. Faurosk's early life was not one of ease or plenty, but he has many fond memories of his childhood. After he came of age, Faurosk's father gave him the robes and apparatuses that he himself had used when he was an aspiring student of the arcane arts. Faurosk set out from home with his parents' blessing, seeking knowledge and adventure wherever the tides of fate might take him.
He spent too many years at the College of Elbion before he realized that its institutional philosophies fell too far from his own, and he has spent a handful of years since wandering the continents in search of a fitting purpose. In this time, he has come to blows with dragons, undead, warbands, the elements themselves, and some real jerks. Though his adventures have been many, he lingers on, urged on by a persistent force for curiosity and good-will despite his survival instincts.