Calix was an orphan, found on the shoreline of the shackles among the flotsam after a storm. He was remarkably unscathed despite the condition of the debris around him. Those who found him saw it as a blessing of Besmara, saving him from death for an unknown destiny that awaited him. They took him in and raised him as their own. They even kept his secret safe when he discovered he was not human, but a skinwalker.
As Calix grew, he began to work more among the ships and docks. People began to call him "Minnow" due to his small stature and nimbleness in the water. It soon became apparent that he was in fact touched by divinity, though be it Gozreh or Besmara was up to debate. He devoted more time to the seas once his powers awakened and many people consider it to be a good luck charm to have him travel with them on voyages.