The Riven Lands

A stocky, grizzled human man with permanently soot-stained skin and a face marked by exhaustion and grim determination. One eye is milky white from an old industrial accident. His massive, calloused hands are scarred from burns. He wears patched heavy leather and reinforced steel plates, smelling of sweat, coal, and hot metal, moving with a heavy, purposeful gait and a perpetual hunch from years in the mines.

Gruff and unyielding, Foreman Grime is a man forged by hardship and relentless labor. He values strength, endurance, and discipline above all else, showing little patience for weakness or complaint. Despite his harsh exterior, he is deeply committed to the survival and productivity of Ironfast, believing that only through suffering can true strength be achieved. He commands respect through sheer presence and a voice that brooks no argument.

Grime began his life as a thrall in the sunless mines of Ironfast, enduring backbreaking labor and countless mine collapses. He survived by sheer brute force and an unyielding will, eventually proving so productive he earned a grudging foreman's position. He now runs the Deep Drill Collegium, believing that only relentless, grinding toil can produce the strength Ironfast needs. He drives recruits without mercy, pushing them to their physical limits and instilling a brutal discipline, teaching them to work until their bodies break to fuel Ironfast's sheer, grinding productivity.