Clayton Reese has always had a love of books. Brought up by rich parents in the Inner City, he had a sheltered life in a rather nice looking manor house. During his childhood, he practically lived in the library his parents had accumulated, absorbing himself in the epic stories of fictional heroes and their enemies. He reveled in the escapism these stories provided and would often pretend to be such heroes when he was playing outside. During school, he was often bullied for this, but he remained steadfast in his conviction that one day he could become just like the heroes in his books. He learned magic from an adept sorcerer who lived within the city and taught himself how to fight, developing a rudementary form of hand to hand combat which would later prove to be somewhat effective against petty criminals and the like.

Eventually deciding to set out on his own, he began his career as a business man and moved to the Outer City. His job as a business man was but a front, however, for his true calling was being the masked crimefighter that would be known as The Magnificent Furious Hawk.