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===Silas Buckner, the entrepreneur===

"''Do you know what would happen were I to drive this harvester through your protest line?''"

Balding, overweight, in his 50s. Buckner is known for his short temper and a habit of throwing his weight around. The family has traditionally had plenty of influence in Firdale, and although their fortunes have been on the wane, Silas sees the pipeline as an opportunity to restore them. He still has plenty of influence in the town hall, and a large number of big, angry loggers willing to do what he says.