Concept

Young wizard looking for adventure!

Tropes

-20ya, Dustan born, third son of an oppressive upper-trade-class father, an accomplished bookbinder and book merchant in the Capital
-19ya, mother died, having never fully recovered from childbirth.
-6ya, Dad pulls some strings and gets Dustan sent off to the Spire to train at the Wizards' Academy there—like it or not; met and became best buds w/ [Nick Frost] and [Anakin Potter]
-5ya, Dustan gets paired off with Magister Mintôr, a 300yo elf, who claims he drew the short straw (but probably actually saw some potential, and has been a good teacher).
-1.5ya, [Anakin Potter] identified as the Chosen One™ gradually leaves the other two behind (which reminds Dustan of home)
-1ya, Dustan allowed to take some educational/vocational time-off "on errant" under Magister Mintôr's occasional supervision; joins the Heroes' Guild
-<1ya(?), Dustan joins brothers-at-arms company with other PCs

Grew up around lots and lots of books—learned all about books, covers, bindings, storage and care, etc.
Father has always considered Dustan to be pretty much worthless; favored the older brothers.
Dustan was a bit old to start at the Wizards' Academy, so he was always the older kid in the class.
Always had problems with the hierarchical and ritualized structure at the Guild; a bit of a free-thinker (and occasionally, troublemaker)
Trying to decide whether to continue with the Guild or strike out on his own.

Wizard, Guild member, sometimes troublemaker