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 ====== ORIN “IRONHAND” HALE ======
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 ===== Race and Faction =====
   * **Species:** [[the_humans|ExoHuman]]
   * **Born:** 2604, aboard the [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]
-  * **Affiliation (Beta Age):** Proprietor, [[saws_end|Saw’s End tavern]]; former foreman at [[fogwood_sawmill|Fogwood Sawmill]]
+  * **Affiliation (Beta Age):** Proprietor, [[saws_end|Saw’s End tavern]]; former foreman at [[fogwood_sawmill|Fogwood Sawmill Inc. Headquarters]]
   * **Place of Residence:** [[morningstar|Morningstar]]
 ===== Background =====
-Orin Hale earned his nickname “Ironhand” after losing his left arm in a sawmill accident at Fogwood Sawmill]] in 2626. Rather than retire, he commissioned a custom tritanium prosthetic — an iron hand that granted him near-perfect grip and uncanny strength. As foreman, Orin was famed for felling record-sized hardwoods single-handedly. After losing his left arm in a mill accident in 2626, Orin commissioned a tritanium prosthetic — his “Ironhand” — and repurposed his leadership skills to found and run Saw’s End tavern in mid-2627.
+Orin Hale, a cousin of the hunting legend [[garrick_hale|Garrick Hale]], earned his nickname “Ironhand” after losing his left arm in a sawmill accident at Fogwood Sawmill in 2626. Rather than retire, he commissioned a custom tritanium prosthetic — an iron hand that granted him near-perfect grip and uncanny strength. As foreman, Orin was famed for felling record-sized hardwoods single-handedly. After losing his left arm in a mill accident in 2626, Orin commissioned a tritanium prosthetic — his “Ironhand” — and repurposed his leadership skills to found and run Saw’s End tavern in January 2627.
 His establishment became a haven for lumberjacks, workers of the [[forge_of_atrana|Forge of Atrana,]] and mill hands — a place Orin protected as fiercely as he once protected his crews in the [[atrana_mountains|Atrana Mountains]]. A large tattoo covers his back: the silhouette of a towering tree encircled by the words “Roots Above All,” a personal motto reminding him of his humble beginnings among Morningstar’s forests.
-Saw’s End remained Morningstar’s frontier hearth until the late days of the [[great_war|Great War]], when Orin enlisted with the [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]] to help defend the settlement from the [[alliance_of_native_tribes|Native Alliance’s]] incursions. He fell in battle defending Morningstar’s outskirts, and after the war’s end and the founding of the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] in 2632, Saw’s End closed — its legacy absorbed into the [[federal_hostel_saloon_morningstar|Federal Hostel & Saloon of Morningstar]] under the [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]].
+Saw’s End remained Morningstar’s frontier hearth until the late days of the [[great_war|Great War]], when Orin enlisted with the [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]] to help defend the settlement from the [[alliance_of_native_tribes|Native Alliance’s]] incursions. On [[day_zero|Day Zero]] — March 24, 2631 — exactly six years after the Last Frontier crash, Orin fell defending Morningstar’s perimeter against an assault by the [[alliance_of_native_tribes|Alliance of Native Tribe]],
+After the war’s end and the founding of the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] in 2632, Saw’s End closed — its legacy absorbed into the [[federal_hostel_saloon_morningstar|Federal Hostel & Saloon of Morningstar]] under the [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]].
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-===== Role by Age =====
-==== Beta Age (2625–2631): ====
+===== Roles in the Beta Age =====
-  * **Job Title:** Owner & Pit Boss, Saw’s End
+  * **Forehand, Fogwood Sawmill (01 Dec 2625 – 27 Oct 2626):** Supervised tree-felling crews; set daily harvest quotas; trained new lumberjacks in safe-work protocols.
-  * **Responsibilities:** Managing tavern operations, enforcing order among rough patrons, hosting frontier gatherings, accommodating traveling crews
+  * **Owner & Pit Boss, Saw’s End (mid-2627 – 16 Apr 2631):** Managed tavern and guesthouse operations; enforced order among rough patrons; hosted saw-sharpening contests and logs-and-pins betting games; accommodated traveling crews in three guest rooms.
+  * **Volunteer Soldier, Volunteer Army of Man (14 Jan 2631 – 24 Mar 2631):** Served as a woodsman-skirmisher on Morningstar’s front lines, leading improvised axe-driven charges against enemy infiltrators; killed in action during a night assault.
 ===== Personality =====
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 Orin’s primary motivation is to maintain Saw’s End as a sanctuary for Morningstar’s laborers — a place where a hard day’s work is rewarded with camaraderie and safety. He privately harbors guilt over the accident that cost him his arm and sees his tavern as penance: a community lifeline. Long-term, he dreams of establishing a durable guild for ex-mill workers to secure fair treatment and apprenticeships for the next generation.
+===== Legacy =====
+Orin “Ironhand” Hale’s sacrifice on Day Zero is honored annually on March 24:
+  * A bronze plaque depicting an axe crossed with a tankard stands in the Federal Hostel & Saloon.
+  * Each March 24, settlers raise a final round of beer in his name, echoing his last duty — drinking with comrades before battle.
 ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====
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   * [[Morningstar|Morningstar]]
   * [[fogwood_sawmill|Fogwood Sawmill]]
+  * [[garrick_hale|Garrick Hale]]
   * [[saws_end|Saw’s End]]
   * [[great_war|Great War]]
   * [[volunteer_army_of_man|Volunteer Army of Man]]
+  * [[day_zero|Day Zero]]