Dorvin grew up in a poor but very religious family where he was pressured into being an assistant at the temple of Tymora from an early age. However, Temple life was not for Dorvin, and when he turned 16, he started looking for experience in the world.

Dorvin studied Nature for 2 years but ended up cleaning the streets of his home town just to put food on the table.
Eventually, he found a steady position in a small provisioner's store, where he rose rapidly in confidence. It was around this time that he took up his two main hobbies, Archery and Fishing.

Bored with working in shops, at the age of 21, Dorvin became a carter, making deliveries around his home town. After a few years of this, Dorvin took a new job as a local Carriage Driver, before finally moving out west as a Teamster to drive Stagecoaches through the mountains.

Dorvin has become increasingly unhappy with the way that his employer has been treating him and has finally had enough.

Through his Stagecoach career, Dorvin has carried many an adventurer and, excited by their tales, has decided to try his hand at adventuring.

Dorvin, having told his boss to "Shove it where the sun don't shine!" collected his Longbow, and Whip from the coach, gathered a few items from home including his Grandfather's old Pocket Knife and the Old Battle Axe that he used for chopping wood, before spending most of his savings on adventuring equipment at the market and then heading to the Tavern in search of Adventure.