Name: Erica Allie

Age: 22

Companion: Alden Taverner

Physical Description: At 4'10 and 100 lb, Erica is extremely short and often mistaken for a child from afar. The roundness of her face doesn't help. She has gray eyes and mousy brown hair cut into a short pixie cut. She wears a dark grey pant suit with a white shirt and a silver tie.

Personality: Erica rarely speaks a word, which can be quite exasperating to those around her. She's not shy, but usually finds talking to be an annoyance. She enjoys watching people, and even interacting with them, so long as they can put up with her silence.

History: Erica grew up as an only child in a middle-class family in a small town. She recently graduated from college with a degree in computer science and found a job in a small company across the country from where she grew up.
Alden approached her one day at the office with an envelope bearing her name. He had found the invitation on his desk, probably set there by accident. She didn't know what it could possibly be, or how it could have made it to her new job. After some unfruitful Internet research, she was intrigued, but not convinced it wasn't some sort of scam. The next day, she handed the invitation back to Alden to see what he thought. He took it as an invitation to be her "+1". She decided she wouldn't correct him, and instead attend the event.

Connections with Other Characters: Alden Taverner - coworker

Other: -

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Name: Alden Taverner

Age: 27

Companion: Erica Allie

Physical Description: Alden has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He has a strong jawline softened by some light stubble. He wears a cheap black suit, completed by a white shirt and black tie.

Personality: Alden, or Denn, as most people call him, is a very easygoing person. He's not a extremely chatty, but he does enjoy friendly conversation and has a cheeky side that comes out occasionally. He doesn't like to talk or think about the past, instead plowing forward in life with determination.

History: Alden grew up in a poor family, but he taught himself how to code as a teenager, hacking away at night after his shift at whatever job or jobs he had at the time. He eventually shifted to freelance web development before landing a full-time job as a developer. He knows Erica from his office at that job, where he's been working for two years now. He sort of took the tiny woman under his wing when she arrived at his company. He calls her "Rica" for some reason. She invited him to the ball after he'd found the invitation mistakenly set on his desk, and he was intrigued. He saw no reason to refuse.

Connections with Other Characters: Erica Allie - coworker

Other: Denn can hold his own in a fist fight or a knife fight.