Hauk
The Coldpeak’s trapper. The scars on his hands and forearms are not decorative — they are a record of every lesson the snare line teaches, accumulated over a long career of learning them personally.
He offered Raydin a choice in Session 11: copy Hauk’s tested designs, or try something of his own. He explained the designs. He laid out the stakes. Then he walked away and let Raydin decide. He came back to find the snare had closed on Raydin’s hand — two damage, a mark that will last — and delivered his assessment without ceremony: “That’s why I left you alone. You seemed the sort.”
He does not explain himself twice. He does not perform patience. When he trusts someone to try something, he leaves them alone to try it, and whatever they learn from the outcome is the lesson. He has been running traps long enough that this is simply how he teaches.
He volunteered for the war party to the Elk ravine in Session 17, and in Session 18 ran down with Berg and Tarsk to join the fight at the ravine mouth. At the Elk fire that night he answered Ragnhild’s question about the journey angrier than anyone. The elementals had taken one of theirs on the way, and he was about to make it the Elk’s fault when Father Joseph stepped in: they had come to fight Rime Talon, not to tally guilt.