Cobble

**Cobble** is a member of the League of Restoration who specializes in site exploration and excavation.

## Description

Cobble is a lithe individual who wears a hodge-podge of torn-up League uniforms and leather armor. His hair is entirely gray and typically styled in a simple and easily managed undercut. He is not remarkably tall for a Gernaran. He carries a number of different daggers and knives with him on his belt, as well as a small journal. His badge denoting him as a member of the League of Restoration is proudly worn on his chest.

## History

### Early Life

Cobble was born to simple parents in the city of Deut. He very early on rebelled from their trade as cobblers and did as many youths would in the City of Bandits and became a guttersnipe. His parents disowned him after a number of run-ins with the law. He kept to the streets until one day he found a seat on a merchant caravan headed down the Eastern Gernaran Coast to the lands of Lavidia. He was accompanied by his good friend Inama.

### The Checkered Scarves

Cobble and Inama found themselves being incorporated into a guild of thieves in the city of Penford very quickly after arriving there. The Checkered Scarves fancied themselves as well-intentioned burglars and robbers who gave a percentage of their dues to local charity cases and people in need.

### The Jade Maiden

Cobble and a handful of other Checkered Scarves took on a gig that led them to the city of Ordris to steal a jade-colored statue made of aurichalcum from a noble in the city. During the burglary, Cobble, Inama, and another Scarf named Guthlac were caught out by a maid of the household. Guthlac quickly dispatched the innocent servant and when the murder was discussed stated that the maid saw their faces and would've been able to turn them into law enforcement. Inama agreed with Guthlac but was disgusted by the whole situation while Cobble was absolutely mortified by the death of the innocent woman due this his actions.

### League of Restoration and Transition

Cobble struggled with mental health issues since his early life and this was exacerbated by the Jade Maiden gig. He decided to break away from the Checkered Scarves while in the city of Ordris and sought assistance and mentorship from a local psion he had befriended. It was in this space Cobble was first able to discuss his gender identity, which helped him realize and begin to come to terms with his gender. Soon after this time, Cobble decided to sign up with the League of Restoration in an effort to put the skills he had learned through life to good use for a cause that wouldn't directly hurt others. He very quickly rose through the ranks of the Excavation Department of the League and was the foreman on such operations.

### Current

Cobble is the foreman of the Tomb of the Herald of Storms Excavation Team. They met direct conflict with the Redtop Goblins, which led Cobble to send out a request for aid from his old friend Inama via messenger, knowing the League might not be up for dealing with the matter and also that in the request he might draw criminal attention to the excavation site which would bring looters and bandits to harass them further. A League team arrived soon after Inama and a group of Checkered Scarves joined Cobble's original lakeside camp and after Cobble personally made a tentative peace with the Redtops.

## Trivia

Cobble was originally designed as a character that would be like Patches from the *Dark Souls* and *Elden Ring* games, but eventually evolved into a more nuanced character that would be a member of the same organization as the group and serve as a useful assistant.