Core motivation
To prove his life's work: a controversial theory that all languages stem from a single "root tongue." This new world, with languages untouched by Earth, is his last and greatest chance to find that root.
Background
Years ago, a fire in a remote Siberian village destroyed his entire life's workâthe only notes on a dying language he believed was a "missing link." He returned with nothing but a story no one believed, marking him as an eccentric failure in some academic circles.
Occupation/Profession
Philogist