Rikus

Rikus is a fighter in the adventure "Dirge of the Mournful Queen." Cousin to Dalton, Rikus was employed as the Strongwoman for the travelling circus known as Sheik Balderdash’s Surreal Adventuring Display and Compatible Calamity Fantasy.

Character Introduction
If there’s one thing you can be sure of, it’s that people love a good show. They can look past their prejudices, past their fears and ignorance, if the performer has just the right mix of skill and flourish. That brief connection where, with their face filled with awe, they realize that they wish they could be the person they were applauding.

Rikus was born to a line of performers. Her grandmother Valti, tough as nails and just as comforting, sold herself to the fighting pits of Zug. She had a knack for finishing her opponents with a vicious ferocity that soon spread her name well beyond the chants of the arena. With her tours emerged a small brood of gladiators, eager to impress their mother as well as the crowds. Many chose a specialty - kicks, punches, dodges. All who mattered chose to honor the family bloodlines.

And yet, as the children produced grandchildren, the bloodline diluted. Some grandchildren picked up the blade and swore fealty to a useless ruler. Others briefly dabbled in the art of pit fighting, only to abandon it when the hits became too heavy. One became an administrative assistant. The youngest, the forgotten, will do anything to bring glory back to the bloodline.

It is not an easy path for Rikus. The good graces of the pits have been shaken by the disappointing performances of her siblings and cousins. She must train her body to perfection even Dol Dorn would smile upon, and she must seize victory with a passion that would impress even her grandmother.

To prepare, she had joined a travelling circus as their resident Strongwoman. Although the ringmaster seems reluctant to giver her the coin she has earned, she doesn’t mind. Each flex, each flourish is a preparation for the day that she will take the ring and restore the family honor as the greatest pit fighters in all the lands.