Diether Caldera

Diether Caldera is an NPC in the Sunfall Cycle, voiced and played by Steven Lumpkin.

Diether is a blacksmith that can craft magical items for the party for a price. He is currently on the moon with Selune and Tim the Solar Demon

Description
Diether has a low voice, and takes pauses between certain words in his sentences.

Personality
Diether is a man of few words and a heart of gold. He will help those who are in need.

First Appearence
Diether's first appearance is when the party is thrust back in time, and they are asked to get rags for the sick house. Diether's aids them in this endevor, and they meet the demon that lives inside Diether forge which fuels it

Second Appearence
Diether's second appearance is when the party is searching for him in order to forge a sword for Armaros. When the party finds him, he is slowly turning into a shadow touched, but the party successfully saves him, and convinced him to work on the moon. He is then united with Tim The Solar Demon and they work together at the forge.

Episode 36: Hammer Time
Diether appears again in episode 36, in which he is to examine a hammer that was procured in a tower in the woods they were exploring. He says about The Starfire Hammer: "It is singing. Can you not hear it? It sings to me. It sings to me of the universe. Of the ley lines that sweep benethe the earth. That tie the words together the warp and weft of magic. I see now. I can grab these strands of magic, forge them into the items you bring me. I believe if I had a little help, I could craft you powerful and complex items of power. "Diether requests the party find him a wizard to put this hammer to good use.

Quotes

 * "My heaty friend?"
 * "You brought me a demon from the sun? That is metal."

Trivia

 * In episode 36, Steve Lumpkin asked the party for his name, and no one knew it. Thankfully, Steven remembered it at the last moment.
 * Diether's last name most likely comes from the word Caldera, a large volcanic crater
 * Steve Lumpkin has described Diether Caldera as similar to Alex Louis Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
 * Deither Caldera is the first Non-Playable Character to be partially shadow-touched and successfully brought back to his senses