Alaeros Margaster Alaeros Margaster was a red haired fighter and agent of the Lords ' Alliance . He was a very kind man with many talents . He had a moral belief that meant he would never cut down a live tree . History . Alaeros Margaster was born a noble of Waterdeep . At the age of nine , he was kidnapped by pirates from Luskan . After they sold him to slavers , he was rescued by agents of the Lords ' Alliance . He was brought to the Margaster estate in Neverwinter . Even though he was freed his life did not exactly improve . Alaeros had to live with his cruel uncle , Orn Margaster , who convinced him that his parents never wanted have him . The Margaster family , as a whole , was in fact in great trouble . The noble house had financially indebted itself to the Zhentarim making it more problem then honor to be a family member . The head of the Waterdhavian branch of the family was greatly ill during Alauros youth , and his family fell to infighting to claim what little could be salvaged of their birthright . In the midst of this turmoil , Alaeros was left to fend for himself . At the age of 15 he began service in the local militia . This is where he first learned to fight with a sword . His commanders His great physical stature and quick thinking led him to become a formidable warrior . His commanders disliked him for his noble heritage , and made life difficult for him . The warrior did not let this faze him which only infuriated his tormenters . The commanders planted false evidence of stealing to discredit him , ultimately getting him kicked out of military service . His dishonorable discharge embarrassed his family in Neverwinter , who told him to go live with the Waterdhavian branch of the family . In defiance of his families wishes he instead to up mercenary work along the Sword Coast . He chose to style himself as a rural Northman without any hint of his aristocratic heritage . During one of his exploits , he and a companion had to escape a band of goblins . The companion fell in battle , and Alaeros ' sword broke after he fell from a great height . While hiding from the goblins , he discovered an ax notched in an old tree . Removing the weapon caused the “ tree ” to wake up . It was in fact a treant . The treant helped Alaeros defeat the goblins and escape the forest . Not long afterward , he saved three travelers from a monster using his new found ax , which he named “ Chopper ” . One of these travelers knew Alaeros from the warriors childhood . In fact , the traveler was the Lords ' Alliance agent who had rescued him from slavery . Alaeros prowess was noted by the agent who invited the fighter to become an agent of the Alliance , namely for the city of Neverwinter . Alaeros was charged by Lord Dagult Neverember to lead an exhibition to halt the Cult of the Dragon in their search for the lost " dragon mask s " . He was accompanied by the dwarf cleric , Barrowin Undurr of the Order of the Gauntlet , and the elf wizard , Nymmestra the Harper . They defeated a group of Cultists led by the Thay en wizard Rath Modar , which were trying to guard an excavation site in Icewind Dale . In this battle , Alaeros company received the assistance of Ratshadow the halfling rogue , agent of the Zhentarim , and his native guide Talon Everhale , human ranger of the Emerald Enclave . They ( Alaero ' s company ) all entered a mysterious stone portal at the center of the excavation site . The portal led them to the island of Tuern , which led to many battles between the heroes , cultists , and native barbarians . After one of these battles Alaeros ' group interrogated a captured cultist and discovered that the Cult was searching for the " red dragon mask " . Alaeros ' company tried to beat the Cult to the mask , but had to battle a red dragon . This dragon was killed and his two siblings turn on each other , destroying Tuern . Somehow , he and his friends escape Tuern , and head to Neverwinter to break a siege by a horde of red dragons . However , Ratshadow finds the " white dragon mask " , and splits from the group . Ratshadow takes it back to the Zhent headquarters in Waterdeep . The Zhents lose the mask to Lord Arthagast Ulbrinter , a masked lord . However , his villa is raided by the Cult , and his fate is unknown . Alaeros , Talon , Nymesstra , and Barrowin arrive at the villa to find a massacre of the household .