Leonard Detweiler was born on the planet Beowulf in the first half of the 15th Century PD. He became a renowned geneticist and eventually founded his own pharmaceutical and biosciences company, the Detweiler Consortium. However, due to his vocal opposition to contemporary Beowulfan society's denial of human engineering beyond the needs of those suffering from harmful conditions, he soon came into conflict with the majority of his colleagues, most importantly Dr. Chou Keng-ju of the influential Chou family.