Mordock comes from a long line of elves who have worked in politics.
He was hired as a diplomat to Upper Dunlap, a kingdom consisting primarily of humans to promote good relations between the kingdom and other races.
His duties were many: entertain visiting dignitaries from other kingdoms, negotiate peace and trade treaties with other kingdoms and take part in official royal ceremonies.
He held a high-ranking position in the king's militia, though it was largely ceremonial. Therefore, he recieved little training in actual combat procedures.
Despite his best efforts at peace negotiations with a neighboring kingdom, Upper Dunlap was invaded and eventually fell to the invading forces. Mordock fled the kingdom with what little he could carry.
He took to the roads in search of adventure and hopes to one day find another kingdom in need of a diplomat so that he may retire from the violent and dirty life of an adventurer and return to being a proper gentlemen of society.