Okay, name-change again, but this is the final one: Eldariel. Avren can be a pseudonym, if you wish, but I like this one. Made a PC for my RL game, as a player was new and I wanted to try out the concept; really like this one.
1) family is all elven and far away. Lords and ladies with lots of titles. He's left it all behind to explore the world and make something of himself; sort of a quest for self respect.
2) Stays either in his tent in and around the countryside (ranger) or at an Inn, or even at the tower of the local wizard, someone who is intelligent and understands the grander realities of the world; who has, Eldariel believes, the same sort of drive to greatness the elf does.