Born in remote mountain village, Arlan lost his parents and most of the people in his village early in his life. They were attacked and enslaved by Mind Flayers as they dug deeper in to the mountain.
 
Forced to flee and survive on his own, he turned to the God of knowledge, Oghma. Knowledge to be able to take care of himself, to bring good unto others and learn why things are as they are, as no one has been able to teach him.
 
This quest brought many adventures and years of traveling through temples of other clerics, who worshipped other deities and many different environments filled with different beliefs and creatures.