Lyle Fortin
Lyle Fortin's skin is tanned and cracked by decades of Tinderlands wind and sun. His brown hair has been lightened almost blonde by constant exposure. His eyes are piercing, the kind that command immediate politeness from anyone who meets them, and that politeness is wise. The patriarch of the Fortin Clan is a man tempered like steel by the harshest environment in Skatchen.
From the head of the caravan, Lyle keeps his extended family in line as they travel the plains with their tents, horses, goats, and cattle. He manages the immediate and extended family with the quiet authority of someone who has never needed to raise his voice, because the consequences of ignoring him are understood without explanation.
His craft is poison. The Fortin family recipes have been passed down through generations, refined at each step, and Lyle is the current master of the tradition. People travel from miles around to purchase his concoctions. Some are medicinal. Most are designed to end lives, cleanly or otherwise, depending on what the customer requires.
Lyle Fortin is the kind of man you are always polite to. Not because he demands it, not because he threatens, but because the Tinderlands have already taught him everything it takes to outlast anyone foolish enough to test him. His clan survives the arid plains because he does, and his poisons ensure that the people who cross him do not.
From the head of the caravan, Lyle keeps his extended family in line as they travel the plains with their tents, horses, goats, and cattle. He manages the immediate and extended family with the quiet authority of someone who has never needed to raise his voice, because the consequences of ignoring him are understood without explanation.
His craft is poison. The Fortin family recipes have been passed down through generations, refined at each step, and Lyle is the current master of the tradition. People travel from miles around to purchase his concoctions. Some are medicinal. Most are designed to end lives, cleanly or otherwise, depending on what the customer requires.
Lyle Fortin is the kind of man you are always polite to. Not because he demands it, not because he threatens, but because the Tinderlands have already taught him everything it takes to outlast anyone foolish enough to test him. His clan survives the arid plains because he does, and his poisons ensure that the people who cross him do not.
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