Alton Hilltopple

Alton Hilltopple is a halfling cleric, high priest, adventurer, and political leader of Yarmoth, Nyasa Civilization. He was the local cleric and champion of Yarmoth before its subjugation to Neogi slave trader Neax Hiss in the Fall of 1441. He is the father of adventurer Andrey Hilltopple and the husband of adventurer Cora Hilltopple.
== History ==
Alton Hilltopple was born in Yarmoth, Nyasa in 1364 as the only child of Philip and Lyda Hilltopple. Lyda was a minor harvest priestess of Yondalla, and Philip was a tanglefoot-bag-maker, druid, and mastercraftsman. At a young age his parents noticed Alton's undying piety and natural capacity for leadership and spent much of their small fortune to provide him training in the healing and restorative arts as a Miscontrian Clubber at The Caltris School in Nyasa City. At school, he received training in the ancient fighting style of Hjartlos Shield-Combat, and excelled at positive energy channeling. Upon returning from school for his Ascension Ceremony in 1387, Alton was appointed a journeyman cleric of Yondalla for the church and spent much of his early youth curing the sick, treating wounds, and returning fallen comrades to life.
In 1399, the town square was attacked by a series of extremely brutal ghosts who killed several townsfolk. While the master clerics could do nothing, Alton devised a brilliant method of tricking the ghosts into planeshopping into an ectoplasmic feedback loop. For this good deed, he was appointed the high priest of Yondalla and became the de facto leader of Yarmoth.
In 1400, the crew of the Rusted Feather stopped in Yarmoth in order to resupply before continuing their campaign against Xenteroth's Tower. During this stopover visit, Alton met his wife and lifetime companion Cora Bobbycotton, a fighter-paladin. Over the next several months the couple kept regular correspondence, and when Cora's campaign was over the two settled comfortably in a large mansion near the church in downtown Yarmoth.
== In Eon ==
In Season One, Alton and Cora were enslaved by the Neogi slave trader and merchant Neax Hiss. Alton saw this coming, however, and before the enslaving began, hired his boxing instructor Jose Freespirit to help fight the Neogi, and traded Baudin Dommilan and The Company his life against combat with Neax Hiss.
Baudin Dommilan went back on this deal, however, because he had already made another deal with Janadan Vishnu that prevented him from engaging Neax Hiss just yet. The Company last saw Alton being thrown into a pit for disobeying orders given by his slave master.
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