Horibus

The pacifist druid/herbalist who lives two doors from the party's rented old Falconer house in Ponterford — a green-robed figure in vine-and-leaf-infested clothes and hand-carved wooden clogs, who grieves the felled trees and grows his own cures. First met (unnamed) in Session 35, where he confessed the truth of the child-snatcher's death and pledged his service if the party stops the lumber mill; the sheriff named "Horibus" the town herbalist in Session 34, and the GM confirmed it here ("the advice posted by Horibus").

(Heard "Horibus"/"Horibus"; spelling unconfirmed — and his identity as the Session 35 druid neighbour, once addressed "Amar," is now effectively settled. The Session 35 druid is named "Horibus" — taken to be the same man under a different rendering. See Canon Questions.)

Session 35 (bought out, then burgled)

• The robbery. Tells Valmora under the rain-tree what he watched happen the night the bones were animated: the three out-of-towners of the Varian trio "bought me damn near clean out of stock of potions," handed over the gold and didn't even haggle — but the "slick-looking one" watched where he stashed it. He keeps his money in a box in a cabinet under his sink (a secret he immediately regrets telling her). The next night the gold was gone — "none of my gold, just their own gold taken back" — with a little IOU note left in its place.
• Watched the trio fight the horseman who had been taking the children from his house, through the lightning; will not mourn the man they called a monster, and says so understanding exactly what that admission costs a druid.

Session 38

• Sells the party antitoxins, antivenoms and a live anteater (Tony) at a fair 10 gold each when they prep for the Guardian hunt — hedging "get all three" rather than be legally liable for a wrong guess.
• The same green-clogged druid the party "creeped on" through his window in Session 37 (rocking a cradle — an implied illegal child).