About: Bennick Hest is a gruff no-nonsense hard working man with few vices. He nurses the occasional drink, but despises drunkenness. He will consume a mild euphoric in the mornings, but only to to stimulate himself to greater wakefulness. Bennick is a skilled and gifted craftsman who works in construction. He specializes in precision work that gos inside a house or business. He builds cabinets, counters, bars, windows, stairs, carved railings. He is also able to frame a house and to do the outside work, but he finds some of these aspects to be a bit tedious. He much prefers when the work demands fine detail. Bennick is an innate user of magic, but he has no training in its use. He is able to feel the grain of the wood and always knows precisely where to cut or chisel. He works for Old Man Longyear.
He is the adoptive father of his sister-in-law’s child, Samar. He has raised her as his own. He has no other children. He is married to Grace Hest.