The unofficial mascot of the original Spell Drive, Corbin Redievy is Strix's grandfather. This design was mostly adopted by Moth-Wing from the whisper of rumors around social circles. Corbin was mostly a composite character, made up of the various actors who played as the 'Old Man' during the Spell Drive's marketing in commercials & ads. The idea being that the Spell Drive was his invention - of bringing arcane secrets to the masses and he was sharing it.
Which becomes tragic - if not ironic - that the Spell Drive ultimately flopped. The popular narrative used to be that the Spell Drive was the result of hubris, with publishers trying to cut the arcade scene at the legs and screwing them over. But in recent years, the story has flipped with the Spell Drive being seen as a revolutionary machine that the public just weren't ready for.
With Corbin as its new face retroactively, he was made as Strix's grandfather & mentor, with the Spell Drive Jr being based on his work. And while some fans see him as a sour, surly old man who feels he was cheated and had his patent stolen by someone with a prettier face, most fans see it more like Strix bringing Corbin's dream to reality for him. After all, Moth-Wing poached the IRL devs of the Spell Drive and they were key players on putting it on a handheld.
Either or, Corbin is a well loved member of the 'Strix Series', a supporting member of the cast who is usually a friendly NPC who supplies the players with items, tips, and sometimes even cheat codes. Sometimes, he's even the optional hard mode or even a fellow player alongside his granddaughter.
His first solo game would be in the title Triple Sevens, where he's the player character in a puzzle game. But his BIG breakout hit is in Moth-Wing's first arcade title Spellcaster - a procedural generated dungeoncrawler (so a roguelike, but without Rogue), where the players cross several plains in ball-busting dungeons to build up their spellbook, collect items, save wenches, and show that this old man still got it. It's key feature was that the machine had a slot for 'memory cards', so players could continue with their build.
