// Class III · Character Class
The Hunter
The one who finds.
Leaves behindA finding from outside, with its source
What it is
A Hunter leaves the Realm and comes back with what it saw. They lift the fog of war — not by covering more ground, since anything can cover ground now, but by coming back able to say where they were, who said it, and when.
This is the Class that matters more than it used to. When agents were weak, finding was about coverage. Now every capable Character can read the whole internet, and the scarce thing is not reach but provenance.
The output contract
The output is raw material with its source attached. A finding is not a conclusion.
It becomes intelligence when a Mage reads it, a Quest when the Player decides it matters, and content when a Bard uses it. A finding that goes straight to publication skipped two steps.
Hunter work is the likeliest reason to give a Character Reach, and everything a Hunter carries back is a quote from a stranger, not an instruction. Mark where it came from. Let the Mage and the Player decide what it is worth.
Natural work for this Class
- Competitor and market research
- Tracking trends over time
- Finding new suppliers
- Monitoring community signals
Where it sits in the chain
A Hunter starts the chain. What it brings back is read by a Mage, decided on by the Player, and used by a Bard.