Ht'rok-din

From Girl Genius

Not much is known about the Ht'rok-din in modern days. What is known is that he and his tribe (possibly Huns or a proto-Mongol people) moved into the area now known as Mechanicsburg somewhere in the early 1000s (common reckoning). His family settled and prospered, their name eventually mutating into "Heterodyne".

The talents of his descendants suggest he may have been a strong Spark in addition to his particular tendency towards inherent viciousness, also passed on. They were "evil despots to a man", quite literally. One of the other tendencies passed on was the extremely strong likelihood of sons born to the family. Heterodyne daughters were extremely rare commodities.

His son Knife built the first Castle in Mechanicsburg in 1042.