Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - Elder Joachim

Elder Joachim is a man of quiet authority, a healer turned scholar whose life has been shaped by the search for hidden truths. Once devoted to the Panarii faith, he chose to step beyond dogma, seeking wisdom in forgotten tomes, ruined temples, and the whispers of the old world. His path has never been easy, for knowledge often carries burdens heavier than ignorance.

Calm in demeanor yet sharp in thought, Joachim speaks with the weight of one who has seen both faith and folly. He understands the fragile balance between magick and machine, and the cost of tipping that scale. To those who meet him, he becomes a guide and mentor, though always with a sense of distance—as if some part of him remains in the shadows of secrets untold.

In Arcanum, Elder Joachim is a figure of quiet power, a lantern that does not blind but illuminates the path ahead. He embodies the truth that wisdom is not merely learned, but lived, and that every choice made in light of it shapes the world to come.