Deruga is from Kalabast along the coast, far from the marshland home of the lizard-folk. Kalabast is a human city, but many inhabitants live there. Humans do however separate and scrutinize the other races from themselves. Deruga always had a talent for the elemental magic even when he was a hatchling. His mother taught him it, for she had it too, but his father was dead, killed in a war. His mother taught him how to survive in the wilderness, hunting and foraging, and how to control the elements. His mother's element was that of plants, which she used for her job as a healer. But his mother taught him black magic too. Lizard-folk always had a knack for it, she always said. He learned it, and also learned how old his mother really was. Once he was old enough, he left to find his own adventures, using his elemental magic to help the good, and his secretive black magic infused water on the evil. He traveled far and wide, learning much of the world. To this day, he far prefers the open road to any tower or castle.