[center][b]Fiona[/b][/center]
Fiona was most fond of traveling in the morning, while the air was cool and the wilderness was just beginning to wake up for the day. The towns and villages were still sleepy, people having yet to rise from their beds in droves to flood the streets with noise and activity. She'd always wanted to see the world, but learned quickly enough that she wasn't a city girl at heart, much preferring the peace of small villages, and the open road. 

Of course, she had a companion at the moment, a man who quite often disturbed that peacefulness. Tobias was quite the talker, a man who thought himself quite a bit more charming and handsome than he actually was, though Fiona had to admit that he did have his moments. While she was a bit negatively inclined towards him due to his [i]less[/i] than honest qualities, the pair had built a rather odd little friendship, built off of their mutual assisting of one another about a week back.

Fiona had encountered Tobias being hauled along the road by a trio of thugs, working for a local boss known as Green-Grin Greg. Not being one who let bandits freely drag people around, Fiona confronted them, and bested them in a quick fight, freeing Tobias. After learning a bit about the area from him, Fiona rather boldly made plans to deal with the local criminal, believing him to be weakened after losing some of his men. Her bravery, as she was learning, tended to venture into foolishness, and she found out quickly enough that she was no match for the bandit leader. Beaten soundly in a fight that was hardly fair, Fiona was taken prisoner, only able to escape through a clever lie spun by Tobias's silver tongue.

They were an odd pair, vastly different of mindset but tenuous friends all the same, and Fiona had convinced Tobias to come along with her and help with this contract she'd originally been on her way to complete. He seemed sympathetic to the plight of the orphans, and the reward enticed him as well, she knew.

"This should be the village," she remarked, pointing up ahead. "Gorlton's Apothecary. I wonder who else we'll meet." As far as she knew, the notice had been sent far and wide, and would likely draw some other interesting adventurers. Fiona was looking forward to meeting them, and learning a thing or two.