Austin was raised on a small homestead with a little farm in the northern area of Bree-Land. His mother was a farmer, raising horses, chickens, cows etc, along with a bit of veggie and pipeweed growing. His father was a soldier in the areas millitia, and a very talented and headstrong warrior for a Bree-Lander, which Austin admired though he hated how long his father would spend away, leaving him to be the man of the house mostly.  At a very young age, while his father was away, a group of bandits invaded his mothers farm, physically abused him and mother, killed some cattle, and robbed them. This made Austin very angry that he wasnt able to do anything to help his mother, vowing to become a strong warrior when he got older, with a strong distaste for brigands. His father would come home from time to time, not for very long, but while he was there, by Austins request they would spar, and his father would pass on knowledge of combat. They would also go on hunting and fishing trips together. In his fathers frequent absence,  in his early teens Austin picked up blacksmithing as a hobby, fueled by his fascination with battle as well, and he began devoting much time to improving.

       At around age 20, Austin had become a rather talented blacksmith, his father praised him for his weaponscrafting abilities. Austin would venture out into the wilds to test his creations personally, making sure they would be capable for a warrior to carry into battle. One day, Austins father came home with grim news, he had been called to the North Downs to aid in the Angmar threat lingering closeby. His father requested that Austin forge the blade he take with him. Austin was hesitant at first, though his father assured his trust in him, and he agreed to do it. He spent much time planning, and in a couple days of restless work, the blade was forged, his father was very pleased, proudly taking the blade. Dawn the next day his father head out for the North Downs.

       Several months pass, Austin is still helping his mother around the farm, he works hard at his blacksmithing still, forging many weapons he used in trade for coin and other supplies. Coming home late from the forge one night, to his surprise, his mother is still awake, sobbing near the fireplace. She tells him something that shook him to the core, his father was dead. He had been killed in an offensive attack on an orc camp that had been scouted, and he did not survive the battle, however they did take the camp. Torn by this, with the unshakable feeling that it was his fault, that maybe the blade he forged failed him in battle, and enraged at the threat rising in middle-earth, he nows sets out for vengeance, and to become a superb weaponsmith. crafting the finest weapons with the most precious metals he can find for warriors and himself to wield against the evil afoot.

       Today Austin has moved somewhere close to the Bree with his mother, who in her aging can no longer work the farm. Austin deals weapons and does other honest work, mostly helping his mother get by. He can be seen at the forges a lot, and has recently started preparing himself for his plans to venture out into the world, learning more on his weaponscrafting from renown smiths around Middle-Earth; Molding himself into a skilled warrior aiming to put a dent in the enemy ranks. For now he is still forging, training, and looking for the right path to open itself so he can gain some footing on his quest.