Elder Ken was Raised In Annapolis, Maryland. He spent His entire childhood in the Brotherhood of Steel and Both his parents were Paladins. As he progressed through life, doing nothing but study and science, he joined the order of the quill as a Scribe, but was almost always laughed at by his college's because of his disability read. Strugling through his teens he turned to Elder Lyons who tought him how to read. And almost as if an entire new world was opened up to him, he was able to amaze his head Scribe And in turn cause him to step down, for ken to lead. In his 4 years as head scribe for the order of the quill, he collected 4% of The Information in the US national archives, or the equal to 400 Human brains worth of knowledge. After Elder Lyons Learned of a Library in Toledo, he assighned Ken As Elder of Outpost Austin And Sent him to Ohio