Kale is a member of the development team behind Crown & Hearth, specializing in the game's character models.
His work helps define how the inhabitants of the game world appear, from ordinary villagers to scouts, archers and other military units. Character clothing, equipment and visual detail also change as a settlement advances through the game's Ages, requiring multiple versions of many unit types.
Rather than designing individual named people, Kale works with reusable character templates and variations. Villagers of the same class can therefore share similar clothing, proportions or equipment while still appearing as different individuals.
Kale is friendly, intelligent and generally easygoing. He approaches problems practically and tends to be more socially straightforward than Mara.
He has a mild nerdy streak, particularly when discussing character design and the technical details behind the game's models.
Kale and Mara are coworkers and friends.
The two briefly went out together outside work, but Mara did not feel that the relationship was developing romantically. They nevertheless remained on good terms and continued working together comfortably.
Kale still has a great deal of interest for her.