Cobbs Pond

**Cobbs Pond** is the partner of Samuel Grant who helps operates Grant's interests from the city of Montreal in the fur trade industry. Being something of a right hand man of Grant, Cobbs matches the ruthlessness Grant displays and has an affinity of getting the job done by very unconventional means, even if it sums up to committing criminal acts. Whenever Grant is absent or unable to make his presence known to would-be visitors, Cobbs would act in Grant's stead and would have full authority to make the decisions for him.

## Biography

Originating from the United States, Cobbs is reported to have a felonious history that involved numerous criminal activities that were severe in nature, such as burning down a church in the state of New York, to which Cobbs would defend himself with how people were "all young once". But perhaps the one truth that stood out the most, was that Cobbs openly admitted to having relations that were homosexual in nature with other younger men; his admission to being attracted to other men was evident when it was revealed that he and Grant have something of a romantic relationship with each other that would most certainly define their partnership in the fur trade business.

Although Cobbs does not make major decisions for Grant, he is more than willing to carry out Grant's will, more so with glee, and often is employed when specific individuals are needed to "understand" Grant's point. This often leads to the death or maiming of individuals, such as the case of the murder of Peter Carruthers or the maiming of Clenna Dolan.

Despite being homosexual himself and having maimed her, Cobbs seems to have develop a type of "friendship" with what he calls his "ward" Clenna Dolan. Although Cobbs continues to intimidate her with specific threats and does not fully treat her with actual respect, Clenna seems to prefer Cobbs for he is the more calmer and logical side in situations when Grant would become explosively furious with her. Cobbs himself would even defend Clenna whenever Grant would mistreat her and would help Grant see his side of things. Cobbs would even accompany Clenna on specific events, such as their meeting with Declan Harp's Black Wolf Company.

Cobbs, however, would later play a significant role in Grant's business when he would be strike a partnership with Michael Smyth. In the midst of a crackdown by the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) on its rivals, Grant's business was in danger of losing out as the inventory he had acquired were stolen pelts that were property of HBC at Fort James to which Cobbs himself helped paid for. With Grant absent due to a trip to the United States, Cobbs would represent Grant and would agree to providing capital to Smyth for trading with the Lake Walker tribe and by attempting to take over Fort James, one of the HBC's largest port of trade. However, Cobbs becomes suspicious with Smyth and decides to follow him but only to discover that Smyth had also struck a deal with Malcolm Brown and *Carruthers and Co.*After returning to Fort James with both Smyth and the Brown brother, Cobbs had angrily derided Michael for betraying his trust, a sentiment that Malcolm himself had also agreed upon. However, Michael insisted that for both Grant and *Carruthers and Co.* to truly succeed, both needed to work together to take down HBC and defeat the Garrison at Fort James without any form of bloodshed, a plan that Cobbs and Malcolm had reluctantly agreed to. Although Smyth's plan did not work as initially hoped for and had him and Sokanon nearly executed, Cobbs would step in and help cast the blame on the garrison's leader Vanstone and would save the pair's life. With HBC evicted from Fort James, Cobbs, Malcolm and Michael would all toast to a new era of partnership and peace between all companies and free from HBC control.