Son of Lil and Jack Caspar, in 2650 he was orphaned as his father killed his mother and Vanguard soldiers killed his father. Among those captured by the Hivers for the last push against the B'hiri in Hiverspace, Kip Caspar became possessed by the Hivers as a conduit. After the Hivers were defeated, Kip retained a small measure of their remarkable abilities. He became the adopted son of Khatri N'Sha-El and trained for a while with Eye Balthazar and the Mystics of Val Shohob in 2651. Then, he was kidnapped by Graeber Brenhault on behalf of Lord Fagin and held hostage in the pirate king's underground palace on Tomin Kora. He was rescued by his adopted mother and her friends, and the palace was destroyed. He traveled aboard Sanctuary and returned to normalspace in the year 3000. During the mul