He's from someplace near the Pyrenees, his first name is French, his last name a variant on the Spanish Olivares, so he might be from the French side of the Pyrenees, which was under Hispanic rule at various times. But this is not sure. He's regarded as the god of the Workshop. He walks with a limp, and he always has two female robots/golems/something walking by his side. He's doing the Bit-Splicer project for Thuban, and has had only one partial success: Jade.