Name: Vander

Sex: Male

Age: 36

Species: Human

Appearance: Standing at 5'11", lightly tanned leathery skin, and broad-shouldered. Vander's general appearance is that of an experienced workman with the build to match. His clothing consists of wool-woven breeches and shirt under a leather overcoat with sturdy boots.

Personality: Quiet and skeptical in nature, with a habit of being soft-spoken unless others can grab his attention. Highly task-oriented. While openly quite focused and stoic, Vander has never been a fighter and is quite cowardly unless properly motivated. While never a parent himself, he carries a soft spot for younger individuals and makes a habit of watching over others.

History: Born to a family of long-standing leather workers and traders, Vander has worked the shop all his life. He's familiar with most families in Grainville and has happily done business with them. As a result, he's known a lot of the villagers and has even helped babysit or raise some in his life.

As his parents have grown older, and the business now firmly on his shoulders, Vander's lonesome and quiet manner have made him something of a hermit. Though people know him and he them, he hardly reaches out. The quality of his work, though exceptional, appears to be his only worry these days. Yet when the mayor called for help searching the abandoned mansion for his granddaughter, Vander volunteered without question.

Skills:
Knife Handling - being a leatherworker brings with it familiarity with small sharp objects, including the fine ways to slice a pelt and cut designs.
Embroidery - part and parcel when leatherworking. Part of the business requires sewing patterns or even attaching leather to other objects, primarily through needlework.
Leather Familiarity - Every pelt has unique traits that make it identifiable as an origin of what creature it came from, be it sheep, deer, hog, cow, or even human (not that he would know of human, exactly).

Other:
-Keeps a pencil and a notepad on him at all times, allowing him to keep record of events and note traits to be recalled later. The notepad itself has pages covered in sketches and half-written poetry.