Salus Charion
A humble cobbler in the market town of Dorwt, Salus Charion lived a simple, solitary, life. Known well only to a handful of clients and his younger brother Dantrus' family, Salus rarely made much of an impact on the world.
Driven out of business by rivals Cinder & Cross Fine Garmentry through a cynical campaign of slander and defamation, Salus lost his tiny shop on the East Bank. Unable to find solace with Dantrus and his family (who had succumbed to sowfly fever the previous summer), Salus was forced to move to the Capital and beg for coppers.
As a sixty-eight year old man, he soon became an easy target for the gangs of street urchins who made a living on the alms circuit. Salus took many a beating, but had nowhere else to go.
The pinnacle of Salus Charion's existence came at the execution of the popular revolutionary Redogel Swann. As the executioner put the noose around Swann's neck, Salus was the first to stand forward and cry "Nay!". As soon as the word left his lips, he was set upon by Guards. Seeing the old man cut down by the King's soldiery was too much for the furious crowd, who stormed the gallows and freed their hero.
None present knew the identity of the nameless vagrant who had cried out against tyranny. He is remembered in folk tales as simply 'The Beggar in Fine Shoes'.
Embalight 'Ember' Glowes