Joh-Tek is from a nomadic clan that lives on the glaciers of Akiton. As a youth he cared deeply for his community but always struggled to fit in, and that only got worse when he started having recurring dreams and visions, unsettling ones. He was not sure if he was seeing the past, the future, some alternate universe, or if it was all just madness. But it became clear that something real was happening within him when his visions started manifesting as real magical abilities. His family and friends did not know what to do with him.
He no longer remembers where he first got the idea that these visions and powers were related to the First Ones, but it did not take long for him to become obsessed with learning more about them to find out the truth. He heard that someone in the Starfinder Society was doing research into those mysterious beings from the past, and so he left home to join their ranks.
Joh-Tek still treasures his people and the memories he has of them; at times they are the only solid thing he can cling to when everything else seems to be shattering into infinite possibilities around him. He wants to do everything he can to protect their way of life, which for him means being far away from them so he can figure out the truth of this galaxy they live in.