Kortin is a Human who was abandoned in the hills to die, but was rescued by a band of adventurers lead by a human woman named Helga the Black. Helga raised Kortin as her own, and when he came of age she hired him into her company, which by that time had become a mercenary company named The Band of The Black.
Kortin became an siege engineer, who specialized in fighting from fortifications. As a mercenary, he lead squads of engineers in protecting several towns from destruction by roving groups of bandits, monsters, and more.
It was during the siege of Kimbardu that he lost most of the squad assigned to him, although they managed to hold the town until reinforcements arrived. In the aftermath of the battle, he discovered that the "bandits" who were attacking the town were members of the Band of the Black. Not being able to process this, he took his pay and then left the country, headed for places where his adopted mother's mercenary army did not travel.
