Thorne and I -sort-of- established a bit of a link between our characters, didn't we?  I mean, nothing too buddy-buddy, but mutual adventurers on the same expeditions.  If you wanna flesh it out more, Thorne, I'm down for that.  I was just assuming we'd wing it and play along.  -coughbarrelofpickledpeckerscough.-<br/><br/>As for the others, well...I'm playing a character that is addicted with acquiring knowledge.  Trust me...she's going to pry and poke and prod at each of these people on their journey to the point that she'll be able to tell their backstories better than they can.  I'm looking forward to the learning experience with her, honestly.  That's why I haven't tried to establish any real prior connections.<br/><br/>Besides, given her nature, if she'd met any of you for any length of time before, she'd already have learned all she could about you.  This girl isn't really one for vague ties.  The only way I'm able to reconcile that with Thorne's character is by imagining that Aelys was working her way through the party, and just happened to get caught up with other things and kept missing giving the poor guy the third degree.  That's the only way it makes sense.  Either that, or she is uncharacteristically shy with him, because he's an elf.<br/><br/>Edit:  I mean, given elven life-spans...he<em>could</em>be her father.  -cue dramatic stinger.-