What is known is that he and his tribe (timing suggests Hungarian or Magyar, etymology suggests Hunnic or proto-Mongolian) moved into the area now known as Mechanicsburg somewhere in the early 1000s (common reckoning). Castle Heterodyne implies that he was the first to drink the waters of the Dyne. His family settled and prospered, their name eventually mutating into "Heterodyne". The idea of being one-up on an Emperor likely had strong appeal to the ambitious Ht'rok-din clan; that they were able to realize their ambition fairly well made them a vital component of Europa.