The Modan Company was created two years ago in Ironforge by Dr. Conan Ridgley, Jr. (Rijj), a veteran archaeologist and the son of another explorer. After the Third War, Ridgley joined an Explorer's League expedition that explored every end of Kalimdor. Ridgley found himself overwhelmed with the amount of opportunities he faced, so he formed a new crew that could pursue any obscure ambition they wanted. In the beginning, Modan Co worked out of a small two story building in the Commons area of Ironforge.