Traveled solo for 4 years before encountering and joining the Party
In Session 08, he shared a happy memory in which - on his fourteenth birthday - his parents decided that he was old enough to go into the big city with the merchants
Since then, he was able to go once a month for the next two-ish years
In the city, he learned that there were more exciting things that he could do other than farming
Grew up in a small village right outside of Holden
While traveling with the merchants (mentioned above), he learned about the Diamond Military and wanted to join
He argued about this decision with his parents for 2 years, eventually leaving at 16 on terrible terms (called his father a coward and his mother cried)
Their main job was to help Dr. Pope and protect the people — taking care of bandits, corrupt politicians, and generally helping the people
At the time, Dr. Pope was much more kind and curious (he just wanted to help people!)
Cal got boiled frog syndromed and eventually became numb to the idea of hurting/killing one person to save hundreds
One night, he and the rest of the Seven were out retrieving “assets” for Dr. Pope, and Cal was ordered to keep watch
Eventually the rest of the Seven brought out multiple children, and realizing what they were doing Cal froze — he couldn’t stop them
A witness screamed and alerted everyone to the Seven kidnapping children, causing Thorne to kill the entire village to avoid the word from spreading and tarnishing their reputation
At the time, Cal could do nothing but run.
Cal ran back to his hometown, only to find it had been burned to the ground years ago
He picked some flowers his mother grew and vowed to never fight again or let himself become someone else’s puppet again
He eventually settled down in Oakheart, and grew carrots and potatoes from his old village
Eventually Thorne and two of the The Seven showed up again, claiming that Cal was “too important to the army”, which is why they burned down his village so he wouldn’t have anywhere to go back to
Cal was PISSED but told Thorne to leave, since he committed himself to pacifism
Several hours after Thorne left, Oakheart was aflame
Cal ran into the city and killed the three of them (Thorne was thrown into a burning building, which collapsed on him)
The people of Oakheart praised him as a hero for this, not realizing that he was the reason why their homes burned.
Afterwards, Cal decided to never stay in one place for too long, because Diamond’s army would always track him down. Since then, he’s committed himself to helping real people, using violence or not.
Appearances
Introduced during Session 03 (at the general store)
Literally every session after that until he leaves us or dies