Orphiel Farwind (Rift Lore)  

Orphiel Farwind is credited as being the founder of the Defiants. It was his considerable efforts into the study and advocation of magitech that led Aedraxis to lift the ban on its study. Later, when Aedraxis was revealed as a pawn of Regulos the Destroyer, Orphiel led members of the Defiant races to join with Prince Zareph at Port Scion.

When Port Scion fell to the forces of Death, Prince Zareph was lost with it. The Guardians blamed Defiant machines for the loss of Haven and King, even though it was one of their own Ascended, Alsbeth, who was revealed as the hand of Regulos and invited his forces in. Orphiel then lead the survivors among the Defiants to Meridian to settle there and continue their studies.

Shortly before the fall of Meridian to the Guardians, Orphiel disappeared. Though a great search went out for him, no trace was ever found, nor could foul play be proven. Where he is, or why it is he has given up on the organisation he founded, remains a mystery.