He nodded in approval. "It was... about twelve years ago. She'd left home, and my brother and I were on our own, so the three of us became adventurers. We were fairly successful, for a time, until we ran into a group of... savages. Cannibals, living in the southern Fogscar Mountains..."<br/><br/>He goes on to detail their adventure, a harrowing escapade that led to their capture, and near deaths, before Sandrus' younger brother, Alder, led them to safety... almost. While they fled, Ameiko was bitten twice by a viper that was controlled by a druid the savages had, and nearly died, had his brother not come to her aid. But, in the process, he was bitten... and succumbed to the poison. The two survived, and retired, with what wealth they earned; her to open the Rusty Dragon, and him to start the caravan. It's also why she has a tattoo of a snake, on her arm, in remembrance of that day.<br/><br/>"I'm just... worried. I gave up the adventuring life, and now... hells, I'm getting pulled back into it. And Ameiko almost got hurt, again, at the castle, and there wasn't a thing I could do to stop it. I don't... I don't want to lose her, too."