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-Gardner Barnes was born and raised in Galizhur, a mining settlement on the southern coast of the [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Isle_of_Kortos|Isle of Kortos]]. Like his father and brothers, he has been a miner and lumberjack most of his life. Having spent long stretches of time in remote or isolated work camps, he also knows how to patch up wounds and stop bleeding cuts.+Gardner Barnes was born and raised in Galizhur, a mining settlement on the southern coast of the [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Isle_of_Kortos|Isle of Kortos]]. Like his father and brothers, he has been a miner and lumberjack most of his life. From an early age, having already spent months on end in isolated work camps in the wilderness, he knew how to patch up wounds, repair broken bones, and stop bleeding cuts.
  
-Life at home was always harsh, even brutal sometimes, and his parents taught him not to cry. Gardner was a sensitive child who grew up fast, simply because he had to.+Life at home was equally harsh, sometimes brutal, and his parents taught him not to cry. Gardner was a sensitive child who grew up fast, simply because he had to.
  
 During his years laboring underground and hauling timber through the woods, Gardner has seen and experienced many strange things that he cannot understand. It all began years ago when he, as a young boy, discovered a face in the tree that he was about to sink his axe into. During his years laboring underground and hauling timber through the woods, Gardner has seen and experienced many strange things that he cannot understand. It all began years ago when he, as a young boy, discovered a face in the tree that he was about to sink his axe into.
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 When Gardner left the shop, his curiosity was piqued. Apparently, there was money to be made here, and he knew a lot more places like that creek. He has been a regular visitor to the shop ever since, and while most of Gardner’s recent bringings have been of no interest to Wrin, he enjoys listening to her accompanying stories, typically about great people, dread secrets, and distant places far away. However fascinating these tales may be though, most of them Gardner does not understand. Lately, he has become desperately aware that he has seen very little of this island, and nothing else for that matter. When Gardner left the shop, his curiosity was piqued. Apparently, there was money to be made here, and he knew a lot more places like that creek. He has been a regular visitor to the shop ever since, and while most of Gardner’s recent bringings have been of no interest to Wrin, he enjoys listening to her accompanying stories, typically about great people, dread secrets, and distant places far away. However fascinating these tales may be though, most of them Gardner does not understand. Lately, he has become desperately aware that he has seen very little of this island, and nothing else for that matter.
  
-Another frequent visitor to Wrin’s shop is [[Pär|Chet Wilkington]], a scholarly type obsessed with artifacts and old ruins who has recently returned home from [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Absalom|Absalom]], the largest city in the entire world. He usually carries an over-sized book (his “tome”), and he definitely reads a lot. Gardner has even watched him visiting the [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Dawnflower_Library|library]]. He obviously knows a great deal about the island’s history, as he likes to give long lectures on the subject.+Another frequent visitor to Wrin’s shop is [[Pär|Chet Wilkington]], a well-dressed nobleman obsessed with artifacts and old ruins who has recently returned home from [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Absalom|Absalom]]. He usually carries an over-sized book (his “tome”), and he definitely reads a lot. Gardner has even watched him visiting the [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Dawnflower_Library|library]]. Chet obviously knows a great deal about the island’s history, as he likes to give long lectures on the subject. 
  
-Gardner has an identical pair of miner’s picks tucked in his belt, a rare gift from his proud father given to him and his twin brother Sawyer on their much anticipated fourteenth birthday, the day when they would be old enough to work beside the men, and prove themselves as able miners. The following morning, Sawyer was killed in a cave-in when the mountain floor suddenly collapsed beneath him, and a giant black hole swallowed him forever. Sawyer’s death was a momentous loss that Gardner has never been able to get over. He keeps his brother’s pick to remind him, lest he ever forgets, that it should have been him instead that walked into the mine on that fateful day.+Gardner has an identical pair of miner’s picks tucked in his belt, a rare gift from his proud father given to him and his twin brother Sawyer on their much anticipated fourteenth birthday, the day when they would be old enough to work beside the men, and prove themselves as able miners. The following morning, Sawyer was killed in a cave-in when the mountain floor collapsed beneath him, and a giant black hole swallowed him forever. Sawyer’s death was a momentous loss that Gardner has never been able to get over. He keeps his brother’s pick to remind him, lest he ever forgets, that it should have been him instead that walked into the mine on that fateful day.
  
 Gardner has an unhealthy habit of brooding about the past, especially when there is nothing else to do. He still mourns his brother, constantly blaming himself for not being there when Sawyer died all those years ago. Riddled with guilt and self-doubt, he is certain of his own imminent death. The omens are everywhere, as they always have been. Gardner has an unhealthy habit of brooding about the past, especially when there is nothing else to do. He still mourns his brother, constantly blaming himself for not being there when Sawyer died all those years ago. Riddled with guilt and self-doubt, he is certain of his own imminent death. The omens are everywhere, as they always have been.
  
 Along with his two picks, Gardner carries a small backpack and a shortbow for hunting. Along with his two picks, Gardner carries a small backpack and a shortbow for hunting.

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