Aegis (Character)

During the War of Sword and Serpent, elvish knights fell to the might of the dragon and the hordes plaguing The One Wood. From the wilds came mankind who were loyal to the elves, but were mortal. Their bravery was unmatched, but in most conflicts it served as a means to their end rather than an asset. So, it fell to the inventive to create new methods to fight the enemy. Elvish craftsman created soldiers of wood and of steel and would use the spirits of the fallen men to power them. They crafted eleven of these Undaunted warriors, known as the Knights of Talvi. Each was gifted a powerful weapon and the means to use it to deadly effect.
In recent years, a young man named Kelvin was a part of a mining company who would find relics and artifacts in the mine and see that they were sold at market. In that old mine, he found the pieces of a Knight of Talvi and began laboring to put it back together. When he finally found the soul stone that served as the Knight's power source and all of the pieces of the body, he activated the Knight. It knew nothing of how it came to be in the mine and seemed to lack a lot of its original memories and wondered where his sword had gone to. The two had very little time to reflect on the matter, because shortly after the Knight came to be activated, dragons came from the shadows and depths of the earth and started slaughtering the dwarvish miners. Kelvin escaped, but only due to the martial prowess of the Knight. A young dwarf warrior named Dargor escaped with them as well and called the Knight his shield and protector, the dwarvish word for which is aegis. The name stuck.
The three came to the city of Bruce, where Kelvin reconnected with a merchant friend of his named Ashton to inform him what had happened in the mine. Ashton informed Kelvin he wasn't able to maintain his business in the city and would travel with him wherever he had planned on going. The Knight Aegis stated it was his duty to travel the land and do good while bringing his blade to bare against wing, fang, and claw. Dargor swore his fealty to the Knight, saying that he would very much like to squire under him and learn the ways of a blademaster made of earth and steel. Kelvin said he would keep the Knight company to make sure he was kept in a state of good repair. Ashton figured traveling with an adventurer could be profitable and noted the others weren't terribly good at talking to regular folk.
Ashton coordinated with another merchant named Mordu Stormgut and got Aegis a job as a hired bodyguard. Mordu often traveled with his cousin, <Andy's Character>, and the work was very simple work. Mordu and his cousin have just been called to meet with a fellow merchant named Jomph Wormfinger at the Whispering Feather Tavern, one of several pubs near the Temple of Throlthk in Bruce. Aegis has, of course, been asked to accompany them.