Richard Fletcher
A time of glad tidings came 24 years ago when Richard was born. His mother and father, the owners of the plantation on the southern region of Moonglow knew within months that his abilities to play music would enchant creatures in the years to come.
Richard grew up around the farm, and traveled to the town of Britain on occasion to study under the tuteldge of Sir Robert Winston, the greatest Harpist that ever lived. Richard learned many musical insturments during the winter months, and spent his summers tending the farm, learning the fencing weapons and training his voice, as well as his sword arm.
When Richard was seventeen, he ventured near by to the olde cemetary where undead sometimes would rise up, and using his skills he caused the monsters to do battle with one another. Suddenly, near by, a great rushing of wind commenced and a portal of some sort gapped open above him, revealing some sort of battle raging between what appeared to be extremely powerful Sorcerers. Suddenly, a brilliant explosion caused Richard to be blown down to the ground and he hid. The undead creatures nearby dropped dead from the powerful magic that was forced through the portal.
The two men that Richard has observed earlier dropped through the portal, unconcious and terribly injured. Richard and his parents nursed them both back to health, separated in two different barns so neither knew of the other. Richard tried to get the stories from them, but failed. Neither man wanted to talk about it. Both were confused and unsure of where they were, what had happened or what happened to the other man.
Over the course of time, the two men met, and began to battle, but neither held any magic, so they fought with fists. Weakened, the battle lasted only a short time, as both were rather elderly men. One of them, the one who refused to give his name fled in the night that evening, taking a horse and a prized sword from Richard's father. The other man finally told his story to Richard - it was the story of how the Great Sorcerer, Thoran Yo, came to the land of Sosaria.
Richard has been Thoran's friend, lo these many years, and fought beside him in the Yew Wars. He assisted in the spying on the Dark Tower, and on the evil Keonnaeon - the Red Gazer, turned human. Richard has been working toward mastery of the Lute, and of his fencing weapons.
Most recently, he traveled through the telling stories of his friend Thoran, and of his father and mother's tragic death in the fields by the Orcish raiding parties before the Yew Wars.
If you see Richard, ask him to tell a story - and for the price of a mug of ale, or a few gold coins, he will.