Roldare

Roldare is an old friend of Smitty's. Paranoid, panicky, and afraid, he's the closest thing I have to a self-insert if I'm being totally honest.

The Kassen Outbreak
Roldare used to live in Kassen, a small town where nothing special happens. They were arranging a pretty typical coming of age ritual for a druid, barbarian, rogue, and ranger (Smitty) when something went terribly wrong and the town was overrun by zombies. In the panic, Roldare was forced into a barrel by the barbarian, and then shit upon by the barbarian, and then sealed up inside the barrel by the barbarian.

Roldare does not like adventurers very much.

Still, this insane ritual kept him alive. He later moved to Greenest, one of the only survivors of the undead scourge. His brother Tremaine put him up for a few weeks until he found work at the brewery. He met a wife, and adopted her two children. He's been living there peacefully until the Cult of the Dragon attacked, and he met up with Smitty once again and all the bad memories came flooding back.