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Old Tob the Tonic-Monger

Old Tob is a Highlander man of fifty years, though the harsh life of long travel and hardship makes him appear far older. He is a wandering tonic seller and self-taught herbalist who has only recently arrived in these lands, traveling with a small mule-drawn cart filled with salves, herbal brews, and simple remedies gathered from distant roads far beyond the known settlements of this realm.

He is said to have come from distant northern frontier regions far across the sea, beyond the familiar kingdoms of Man. In his youth, Tob traveled with minor militia and supply caravans during periods of local conflict in those distant lands, where he learned the basics of wound care and herbal preparation from traveling medics and field attendants. He was never formally trained, instead picking up knowledge through observation and necessity.

In early adulthood, Tob suffered a lasting injury to his leg in an accident during travel, leaving him unable to continue heavy labor or any form of military service. With few prospects remaining in his homeland and no ties strong enough to keep him there, he eventually turned to a wandering life of trade and survival, moving from road to road until he crossed into unfamiliar southern and western lands where he is now known as a stranger.

Now newly arrived in these regions, Old Tob continues his trade along unfamiliar roads, passing through small settlements, frontier villages, and roadside camps. His livelihood comes from selling simple mixtures: herbal teas, poultices, cleaning salves, and tonics made from common plants and ingredients. His reputation here is nonexistent—he is just another wandering foreigner, unknown and untrusted, yet to earn either favor or suspicion beyond that which strangers naturally receive.

Physically, Old Tob is gaunt and worn. Years of travel have left him hunched, with a pronounced limp that forces him to rely heavily on a rough wooden staff. His skin is weathered from constant exposure to harsh climates, and his once-dark hair has faded into a tangled grey. A short, unkempt beard frames a tired face marked by age that seems greater than his actual years. One of his eyes is cloudy and unfocused, the result of an old injury that was never properly treated. He wears simple layered travel clothing, heavily patched and repaired, often covered by a worn cloak that has endured many seasons.

He is typically accompanied by a small mule and a creaking wooden cart, where he keeps his supplies. When not traveling, he sleeps wherever shelter is available—outskirts of towns, roadside cover, or beneath his own cart when necessary.

Tob does not claim nobility, scholarly training, or formal medical knowledge. He presents himself simply as a man who has learned enough herbs and remedies to ease common ailments when proper healers are unavailable. In these new lands, his presence is that of a foreign drifter—unremarkable, untrusted, and unproven.

In truth, Old Tob is best understood as a quiet traveler stepping into unfamiliar history: a Highlander survivor carrying only his knowledge, his cart, and the hope that there is still a place for a man like him somewhere along these foreign roads.