diablo-3
In Act 2, in the North East corner, I keep finding the corpse of Iron Wolf Bowden. I'm not certain, but I think he may have been there every single time, and I know that when I do find him, he's always in the same spot.
Is there something special about this corpse? Who is (or rather, was) Bowden? Are there any quests or special events linked to him?
Diablo III has a handful of merchants, but for the most part, they are named for your convenience. Specifically, only merchants known as, "... the Fence" will sell you "Trinkets", which include both amulets and rings. They will show up on your minimap as "Fence".
Radek the Fence is in the Nortwest part of Tristram, on your way towards the Northwest gate.
Silmak is also chilling in the Northwestern part of the town, though in his case, he's overlooking the city, a little east of the healer.
Litton is hiding in the southmost part of the Worldstone Keep area, where he will sell you the belongings of dead soldiers.
Leah is referred to as the adopted daughter and the niece of Deckard Cain, but she is actually the daughter of Adria the witch and Prince Aiden which makes her the granddaughter of King Leoric (AKA the Skeleton King ). Recall that Diablo attempted to possess Leoric, failed because he was too weak, then possessed his young son Prince Albrecht - Leah's uncle. Suffice it to say, the family has some bad luck.
Edit:
I recently found out that if you'd like to know more about how Cain and Leah met, there is a book from Blizzard called Diablo III: The Order which details there meeting and a whole lot of backstory leading up to Diablo III. Sadly it seems pretty light on details of what became of the heroes from Diablo II - at least based on the reviews I've read.
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There's no other reference to this person in the dialog or other assets in the game that I can find, so I don't think there's an "in-universe" explanation as to who this person is.
However, Nathan Bowden is one of the artists for the game, so it's highly likely that this is an easter egg left by the development team. Nate is also one of the zombies you can fight in Development Hell.