Going to jump in here: Right on, all of you, regarding accents having more to do with environment than intelligence and charisma.
All who have met Cole know he has an accent. Sitting at an unbuffed 16 INT, he is very likely the smartest fighter-type character (more than ten levels in a fighter BAB class) on the server. So it cracks me up when people assume he's a blood-thirsty idiot with for brains because he carries a big sword and sounds like a cross between a dwarf and a sailor when he's speaking. If you read his bio, you'll notice he was raised in Leilon (port town), and spent a long portion of his life apprenticed to a dwarf.
Of course, this says nothing for common sense... his wisdom's an 8...
