Train Engineer, Harman Patton

Berkside Transit Crooked Mile Leg

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Harman Patton originally started his career with the Berkside Transit company when he was 17 years old. He was a firebox man who shoveled coal into the locomotive firebox. After ten years of shoveling, he apprenticed for a retiring engineer who taught him to read. His primary aim was to arrive and depart on time. His second aim was to keep the train running, regardless of how many passengers complained about his jerky rides and weather beaten tracks.
Berkside paid him less than other companies paid their employees, but they keep engineer accident rates to themselves. Lester was a drinker that likely contributed to five of the six accidents that he caused in 15 years. The more accidents the company covered up for him, the better chance he would stick around after the Six Year War, when the community promised to ensure better safety records. Burkhead worked hard to avoid any mention of safety.
Harman's side occupation was smuggling. Twice a week, he transports Otherwhere liquors from the port through the tunnel.. He knows where all the passageway entries and exits are located. He is rarely held accountable for his side occupations, but leaving passengers stranded is a complaint that he can lose his job over.

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Non-Player Character Reveals and Dialogue

Interview Reveal Information by Harman Patton

Relationship with Jason Garamund

Harman knows very little about Crooked Mile Valley or its residents. He takes the last train from Station East back to Newfaire every night where lives and socializes. He believes the old man who lives in the Manor House suffers from an acute case of dementia. Jason Garamund screamed at him about nearly missing a pedestrian walking in the ditch next to the tracks. The ditch is 3 feet from the tracks. The train was leaning on its side. Harman promised the "old coot" the track would be fixed the next day. The track was never fixed.

Recurrent Static Radio Sound

Harman argues the recurrent static radio sound bothers his passengers. He sent the Crooked Mile Periphery to the Garamund Manor House to ticket Jason. He asked Berside Management to file a lawsuit against Jason Garamund.

Age

55

Pronouns

He/His

Sex

Male

Gender

Man

Eyes

Dark Brown, Thick Eyebrows

Hair

Dark

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Pale with Beard & Mustache

Weight

180