Blackwell was born in the year 314 to Johnathan Blackwell II and Mary Blackwell in the Blackwell family manor. He grew up comfortably in Alliria's inner city, and he never had a care as a young child. He would often lead small bands of children to go on adventures throughout the city, displaying early on his ability for leadership. The noble children would often go against their parent's wishes by associating with 'the Blackwell boy'. The Blackwells were well known to be very unlike most nobles, very jubilant, very strange, and somewhat secluded. They developed something of their own small culture, family tradition, and even slang. They felt almost completely different from standard Allirian culture, and those that married into the family would adopt these traditions quickly.

The Blackwells were a family of explorers, naturalists, archaeologists, cartographers, and a few anthropologists. Johnathan Blackwell III differed from most of his family by going down the military route. He attended one of the best military academies in Vel Anir at the ages of 14-18, and graduated 8th in his class. His military career eventually saw him lifted to a mid level position in the Allirian Guard. He chose not to be promoted any higher, otherwise he would have been deprived of the fighting he so dear loved. He always liked to get 'stuck in with the rest of the lads' as he says it. Eventually, after decades of fending off raiders and barbarians on the borders of the Allir reach, he decided to retire at the age of 47.

Soon after retiring, Johnathan took up the family mantle of explorer in his latter years. He made a near decade long trip to the Aberresai Savannah to study the wildlife there. After this he took a year-long hiatus, which he needed after almost being gored by several different animals. He couldn't shake his need for adventure for long though, and decided to pursue what his many ancestors had failed to do before. Johnathan began his Almanac of Liadain and Epressa, where he would document many of the species, structures, and societies in the known world. It would be where he'd composite his family's knowledge as well as anything new he found.

There was Johnathan's larger goal, though. It was the ultimate desire of his family, and would be their crowning achievement as explorers. He was going to blaze a trail through the Ixchel Wilds themselves, and establish a settlement on the coast. It wasn't long before people with more resources and speed beat the Blackwell family to this goal by establishing the city of Mallian. As hard as he tried and as much as he traveled, he simply couldn't muster the resources in time. All of this gave Johnathan a feeling of listlessness, leaving him wandering with others until his time comes. He has this strange attraction the Wilds still, and he eventually feels he'll end up finding something important there. After all, the Wilds are still largely unexplored, and there has to be something...

...he'd hate to have to stop in that dreaded city though.

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