Raised in the town of Sandpoint Lanton IV's father was a librarian and would be academic. Relenting his own academic failures Lanton III raise his son to be a scholar. For much of his youth Lanton the IV submitted to his fathers requests and studied hard learning math, science, magical theory, history, and astronomy. Upon reaching adolescence Lanton realized that although he loved to learn and to read, but that somehow being an academic could never fulfill him. Retaining burying this knowledge Lanton continued on this path. However rather than studying everything he focused on the subjects he loved the most, Astronomy. Learning much about the subject he often used it as an excuse to go stargazing. With a passion for stargazing and having exhausted much of the knowledge about astronomy in existence, Lanton strayed into the area of astrology.
Upon reaching the age of 18 he gave up on much of his study and disappointingly settled into his fathers occupation of librarian, to take up stargazing as much as possible. One night while stargazing he was blessed by the goddess Desna with the powers of an oracle.
Soon after receiving his blessing he left his home town to wander go where the stars led him. Sometime later, shortly before reaching the town Kenebres he remembered something he once read about in a book, the northern lights. He remembered how when he was a kid he would always dream about seeing them. Thinking he might want to fulfill this childhood dream he decided he should go north and see them for himself.
