Modern world, around about 2000s level of tech. But this is a world where magic has existed and evolved with technology. Sometimes one substitutes for the other, sometimes intermixed. As a result of this magic is integrated directly into society as just another job for those capable. A consequence is regions where natural magic are high, or risks of natural magic, make them uninhabitable for large population centers and are known as the untamed wilds.

Nephrane was bone as the middle child, the son between two sisters. His sister Phara, is older by three years. His younger sister, Tarzine, is a year younger. Sadly his mother died in child birth with Tarzine.

Nephrane grew up mostly normal. Early in school his affinity for the arcane arts, more colloquially known as magic, was discovered with a powerful affinity towards wind magics. With his father's encouragement he was enrolled in a mage school to help refine this. Though he still held onto the few friends, as he never felt he fit in.

When he was sixteen the reason he never felt he fit in was discovered. He was attacked and chased by some muggers looking to steal all he had, and worse. But a literal voice in his head began to speak and guide him. With not much to loose he followed the advice and nearly got away but was cornered. Following advice from the voice he recited an incantation that transformed his hands into powerful armored dragon claws and let him cut right through the attackers. After this the claws disappeared and he stumbled home in shock.

Once home he passed out from the exhaustion. In a lucid dream the voice apologized but had been trying to let Nephrane live a normal life. But given the risk to Nephrane's life the voice had to step in. The voice was shown to belong to an eastern dragon named Sigil. Sigil explained he and Nephrane were one in the same. That their dragon soul passed on and reincarnated each time they passed away, but different each time. Each incarnation was their own person, but the spirit of the previous incarnation would guide the next to unlocking their heritage if they chose to accept. The previous incarnation, Sigil in this case, could also communicate with any of the previous incarnations to gain their collective knowledge and experience to share with the current holder of their shared soul.

Having learned of his heritage and capabilities, Nephrane accepted and trained hard to perfect his magic, but also to learn the ways of a dragon. It wasn't an easy road on either front. But Nephrane managed, even gaining some friends along the way now that he better understood himself. Still an outsider but one her could understand at least, though he kept his dragon nature to himself. He graduated school and became an apprentice mage, using his arcane prowess to make a living and help other, especially in the untamed wilds. His training with Sigil vastly increased his personal energy capacity, allowing his mage work to accelerate but also gaining more power and control over his latent dragon abilities. It was on an expedition into some ruins he ran into what he thought was a yellow portal, but in reality it was a breach that pulled him into Infinitas.