Friedrich Von Stutgaard IV was born in 1382 to an aristocratic family from the south of Excelia.
At age 15 he started his apprenticeship under the famous architect Mies Van der Roach and moved to the capital of the country. During his apprenticeship he helped in the construction of several of Mies latter buildings including the Reibach Chappelle and the palace of the Stiller family (currently demolished).
In 1407, after a violent fight with this family, Friedrich officially cut ties with the rest of the Von Stutgaard family. With some help from his former master, then colleague, he moved permanently to the capital, in an apartment clode to Mies study. Few records remain from this period in Von Stutgaard's life as he wouldn't begin his journals until 1414
During the 1414 catastrophe, Von Stutgaard's apartment was destroyed alongside Mies study, with Mies Van der Roach inside. Having lost it all, but refusing to go back to his family's state; Von Stutgaard joined a caravan of refugees heading north. It is also at this time that he'd finally start the first of his journals
"This is the journal of Friedrich Von Stutgaard IV. I've decided to write down this pages, if anything, as proof that I was ever alive..." From Von Stutgaard's first journal
As more of the northern countries fell into crisis, Von Stutgaard continued traveling northward until finally arriving at Eldar on June 1414. He found there a small town turned into a refugee camp, full of people from all of Izora, as well as other continents and even other planets entirely. he noted that Eldar at this point was "chaotic" and "unhigenic", lacking the organization it's current population needed, as well as the comforts he was acustommed to. It is in Eldar that Von Stutgaard develops most of his body of work. Here, his studies on city planning and urbanism lead him to write The Principles of Urbamism, his most renowned book.
In 1425, alongside his aprentice Rick F. Wheatsly, Von Stutgaard opened Eldar's Institute in Architecture and Urbanism, now the College of Architecture from EFU. The Institute operated in Von Stutgaard's own study for the first five years, as it's first set of pupils would design and then build Garden Hall; the first building of the Institute, now the Northener Museum of Architecture. During his time teaching at the Institute, Von Stutgaard would write five books, including "The Principles of Urbanism", "Domestic Architecture: Urban Habitats for the Modern Man" and "The Five Keys for Efficient Buildings"; alongside several treaties on architecture and urbanism. His work in the Institute helped cement Eldar as one of the new biggest centers for higher education on northern Izora.
Von Stutgaard worked on the Institute until 1449, when health complications made it impossible for him to continue his labor as a teacher. He spent his last years at home with his family until his passing on April 25th 1457.