I have always been handy with a pen, though my short stature little belies my talents. I was born in Gnomeregan, before its fall during the Third War, and I suffered much hardship as a child; or so I am told. I cannot remember one thing before Ironforge, where I spent my childhood. My parents moved out to the outlying districts of Dun Morogh quite My father, Adrian Spindlecog, was an engineer of much renown, and an inventor nonpareil, and when I chose to follow his path in life he was greatly pleased. For many years I stayed close to home, working on my devices. "Can you write?" he asked me.