Five Riders of the Star

The Five Riders of the Star

When the sorcerer Bludwan Nox murdered Colonel Monroe and seized the town’s government, the frontier fell under his shadow. In answer rose five adventurers—heroes bound by faith, dust, and steel—who rode to end his tyranny. They were known as the Five Riders of the Star, led by a tall elf paladin whose sword shone with the light of the heavens.

Aryarae Larethiane

Galldar Elf - Paladin of Devotion to Nythe, Celestial Arch-Duke of Starlight

Aryarae Larethiane bore the quiet grace of her Galldar kin but carried the long miles of the frontier in every motion. Her sun-warmed skin and silver-flecked green eyes marked her as both serene and resolute—a leader whose compassion burned as bright as her conviction.

Her mail gleamed with motifs of stars and leaves beneath a weathered white duster, and across her back she carried Faerelume, a starforged longsword that glimmered in moonlight and dimmed in corruption’s presence. A flintlock pistol at her hip, gifted by a frontier marshal, symbolized alliances won rather than battles fought. A seven-pointed silver pendant upon her breast marked her captaincy of the Riders as she rode her sable elfsteed Rienn, ribbons of prayer fluttering in her wake.

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Draphiath Lortrin

Dragonborn Cleric of Odros, God of Beast-Hunters

Bronze-scaled and solemn, Draphiath Lortrin was a storm contained in prayer. Ritual scars traced in silver powder lined his muzzle—each one earned from a slain abomination. His plate was hammered from beast-bone and hide, cloaked in singed wyvern leather emblazoned with Odros’ sigil: a fang encircled by stars.

He wielded The Fang of Dawn, a rune-branded glaive that flared like molten metal when sanctified and hummed hymns in shadow. At his belt clattered trophies and charms of the hunt, while his dragonbone carbine waited for lesser prey.

Before each battle, Draphiath traced a circle in the dirt and whispered the Chant of Odros, asking to serve as both hunter and judge.

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Anmia Applebluff

Halfling Rogue and Scout

Few outran her, and fewer outwitted her. Anmia Applebluff—freckled, sharp-eyed, and quick to grin—was the Riders’ scout and their conscience. Beneath a broad hat adorned with a crow’s feather and tarnished star, her auburn braid gleamed with dust and sunlight alike.

She wore bark-reinforced leather dyed in sage and tan for stealth in canyon scrub. Her crossbow, Whisperwing, chirped like an insect when fired, and her twin daggers—Curious and Candid—found truth faster than tongues could lie. Around her wrist hung a compass that never pointed north, only toward her unfinished debts.

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Chalmorn Rossad

Human Fighter

A veteran of too many wars and too few victories, Chalmorn Rossad carried the stoic weight of the frontier on his scarred face and sun-beaten shoulders. His blue-gray eyes measured every threat like ranges on a firing line.

His armor was a patchwork of battle relics beneath a faded blue duster stitched with the silver star of the Riders. His saber, Gallows Mercy, bore inscriptions from Aryarae’s order, and his pistol, Judith, was etched with tally marks of beasts and duels won. Calm, methodical, and unshakable, Chalmorn was the hinge between order and collapse when chaos broke loose.

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Norris Walker

Ranger and Sheriff of Monroe

The fifth rider, Norris Walker—the Sheriff of Monroe and the only survivor of its fall—stood as the frontier’s living legend. His calm authority and iron resolve made him a symbol of the Riders’ creed: justice without cruelty, mercy only once, and courage until the end.