Conor was born into a family of Pixie ex-pats in Cayden, and joined in with the family businesses of hunting and breeding tracking dogs. Prior to the events of A Short Story, he had known Nina Shortcrust for many years, and taken to providing fresh wild game to the young butcher. He is the owner of Unknown, a wolf-dog who accompanies him on his hunts who had become attached to him and thus he decided to keep.