Dylan grew up on a small farm. His family noticed he had an ability to infuse light into objects and started to call him "Dylan the Great". When Dylan was about 10 a cleric of Tulis was passing by and happened to notice Dylan using the ability and read that it was divine in nature. He visited Dylan house and convinced his parents that Dylan should come with him to study to become a cleric of Tulis. Dylan studied and went off on his own as a cleric at the age of 18. He went back to the family farm and found out his parents died in a raid on the farm one and a half years earlier. His older brother and sister left the farm before then and Dylan has been searching for them ever since.
Dylan during his years of travel searching for his siblings has taken it upon himself to help the orphanages in each town he visits. He himself feels like an orphan because he lost his parents when he left to study to become a cleric. A decision he was not fond of, especially since his parents had past on.
Dylan has not found any leads to help him find his siblings, but he has helped a lot of children along the way. He prefers a peaceful solution to all problems but feels people make their own choices and may have to suffer the consequences of those choices.