Jorg

York is a co-worker of Effa at the Heuss Workshop, where he works as a lehange.

York is very confident in his own abilities and sometimes a bit forceful when it comes to pursuing his dream of opening his own workshop.

York's dream is to open his own workshop and is putting his all into perfecting his craft and earning his beruf certification. He is rather jealous of Ingo who achived this goal at an unusually young age and the success his carpentry workshop saw after earning the title of Gutenberg from High Bishop Rozemyne.

When the dyeing competition is announced he is very enthusiastic and confident in his ability to win it. Apart from his impressive skills at his craft, his over 60 year old father is one of the few people still alive who still remembers the old dyeing techniques and even retained some of his own tools. This gives York an edge over most of his competitors. Despite this he still complains about how unfair it is that Effa has an even greater advantage due to having a daughter that had contact with Lady Rozemyne before and was regularly working on commissions for her. The needling of her co-workers eventually leads to Effa being the one who suggests that the samples should be labaled only with numbers, so the nobles would judge them on their qualities alone without even the chance for favouritism.

York is utterly surprised by her bold suggestion and despite his constant complaints still asks her if that is truly what she wants, since once the issue has been passed to the guild there would be no taking it back. But Effa is confident and thus they make their suggestion to the guild and it is consequently adopted.

Within their own workshop York's and Effa's pieces are chosen to participate in the competition and due to their good work they both manage to earn orders from nobles, albeit Lady Rozemyne does not award any titles and exclusive business to any of the competitors yet.

Despite not getting a title, York getting a commission of a noble is still enough to earn him his Beruf.

When Effa voices her frustration of getting the High Bishop's exclusive business, York cheers her up by admitting that he misjudged her and that her skills are indeed formidable. He further goes to encourage her to compete again at the next dyeing competition in the following spring, saying she hasn't lost her chance yet.