Descended from a small group of Woodsmen of Mirkwood led by Belwar the Bold who crossed the Misty Mountains in search of peace and new lands, Otto's people have lived in the foothills north of the Trollshaws for generations, hunting and trapping and trading in furs and smoked meats. At first they were an isolated people, providing only for the families who came across the mountains, but in time they began to trade and intermingle with the people of a more northern settlement called Winter-home, and they remain in close contact with the settlement today.

Descended from a family of skilled glassblowers, the Glasses continue to honor their ancestors with their name, although their occupations have come to wildly vary from their origins, with Otto's branch having found much success in the fur business. In the year T.A. 2922, Torsten Glass and his partner Ebbe Hornwood started the Westrock Fur Company, developing a reputation for lucrative ventures at home and quality furs and preserved meats farther afield. Now, the ownership of the company has been passed onto Frederick Glass, Otto's father, who works hard to maintain the fame his father and grandfather built over the course of decades of work.

Otto himself, a second son to his brother Eberhard's first, is a hunter like the men in his family before him, learning from an early age how to shoot and track and--most importantly--boast about himself. Eager to prove himself to be at the very least on par with his elder brothers, his father has put him in charge of selling the Westrock Fur Company's wares in Frostbluff, where he hopes to make a name for himself as a hunter and a representative of their company.