hmmm i think i'm getting little chunks of lore thanks to blackburn

mitch has the tattoo everyone else has except its tore off. hence the skin missing. he was apart of syphons gang, obviously betrayed them or did something too bad for even them to condone. hes some kind of travelling merchant, hence his caravan. maybe him and syphon were friends or something like that, they enjoyed doing horrible things together. but mitch disclosed the wrong information or realized what they were really doing and tried to get himself help. syphon doesnt want the world to know the shit hes done so he sent himself/members to confirm his death after tearing the skin apart to disgrace any part of his involvement.