Lor-Near is a scientist who was invited to a Systems Commonwealth conference that was about finding a means to defeat the Spirit of the Abyss using the Engine of Creation. He was apparently one the brightest scientific minds in the Commonwealth, because the conference only sent invitations to the best scientists in the Commonwealth to work on the problem. He, along with Doctor Professor Kor-Kavo and another scientist were introduced to Seamus Harper and Rommie in the opening of the conference. At some point he was drugged and taken to a laboratory in the building, where someone sawed off the top of his skull and preformed surgery on his prefrontal cortex in order to try and extract parts on his memories and experiences to try and make a collective mind. His killer was later shown to be Kor