Winston Fisher

**Lord Winston Fisher** is the director of the Hudson Bay Company(HBC), who is based in the company's headquarters based in England, responsible for the operations and health of the HBC in North America.

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After receiving alarming reports of the HBC's inability to pacify feared outlaw Declan Harp and incompetence of the organization in Hudson Bay, from failure to stifle rival traders and corruption within the ranks, Fisher had held an emergency meeting with his chiarmen to discuss what to do to save the HBC's influence in North America. Fisher would announce in the sending of Major Vinnicombe to investigate and resolve the troubles ongoing at HBC's holdings in North America and would decide upon the investigation of Lord Archibald Benton for his sudden departure to Fort James and his activities during his stay at the garrison.

Hearing of Benton's presence in Scotland, Fisher would travel to Benton's stronghold, to which the latter had held Grace Emberly hostage and was forced to report with a glowing review of Benton, and would expect to meet with Benton to investigate. Throughout the meeting, Benton insists that he was not held complicit in the failures at Hudson Bay and even coerces Grace to say that Benton himself was not responsible for any wrongdoings; as the two continued to be grilled with questions, Fisher was clearly not convinced and realized that something was already wrong with Benton's and Grace's answers.

During the meeting with Benton, Harp and his posse would assault the castle. As the battle had waged outside the walls, Fisher would meet with Grace in private and explained that he was at Benton's stronghold to ensure her well-being but also to discover from Grace that Benton was indeed guilty for several ruinous decisions that led to problems at Fort James and for putting aside HBC's agenda by going after Harp and gruesomely murdering his family. To convince Fisher even further, Grace makes her point by ridding of Benton, the HBC would benefit even more. Afterwards, Harp would infiltrate the castle only to first find Fisher alone while his men were aiding Benton's army. It was here that Fisher explained that Harp cannot blame Benton completely for the death of his family and that the killings Harp was responsible for was simply result of his rage towards Benton. However, it was here that Fisher made a shocking revelation to Harp; he would explain that Harp's son Mikinok was actually still alive and that he knew exactly where to find him but at the price of Harp rejoining the HBC and becoming a powerful figure in the company while also ensuring Benton would be properly tried for his crimes. Harp had refused and proceeded to find Benton waiting for him in the room adjacent, to which he would question Fisher if Harp had taken the offer.

Although Harp would kill Benton in front of Fisher and Emberly and Harp was ready to accept his fate, Fisher ensured Harp that he had actually done him a service by ridding of a criminal who stained the HBC's reputation. However, because Harp had murdered a Lord in his home, he was declared a murderer and Fisher would warn that Harp would forever be chased for his crimes. Fisher would allow Harp to leave and to have a head start before having his men go after him and would give him a parting warning that the next time he would meet Harp, he would destroy him.