Volk is a blind old former mercenary who fought alongside Pieter. Once he works out who Coen is, he offers to share stories of their sellsword days.
Volk is an aging mercenary who has lost his sight. He knew Pieter back when Pieter still made his living with a sword.
Pieter never talks about his past, so Volk is one of the few ways to learn about it. Volk is the reason Pieter took up the sellsword's trade.
Albertus Taurinus
Albertus Taurinus is the in-world author of The Secret History of Vale Sangora, the lore series Rebel Wolves posted before launch. Read it if you want the valley's backstory before you start playing.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoAlin
Alin is Coen's younger brother, who drowned as a child after falling through cracked ice. You never play alongside him, but his death shapes Coen, his mother Esme and the quest Home Sweet Home.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoAndrei
Andrei is a silver trader in Svartrau who works out of a hideout behind a butcher's shop. He is the man Ocha wants dealt with in The Heart Wants What It Wants, and how you handle him shapes her ending.
Ascar
Ascar is a beekeeper who lives in a hut on the south side of Tantari. Crake has you tail him in the optional quest Distant Shadows, and what you find out explains a lot about Crake.