Nerdytenor: The bard sounds fun, but his history assumes to much experience. It is more likely that he joined the mercenary troop before journeying out on his own. He may intend to just get the basics of surviving from them, be looking for future companions or have lowered his sights to the closer goal of patrol leader, as the company places a high value on leaders.
Also a few more details in the RG post would be helpful, like the stats to your at-wills and a list of trained skills.
Recent events for new PCs [sblock] There was secret passage, which your patrol leader shoved you through, and any of the other trainees to survive. He turned and held off the enemies. You noticed the drow leading the attackers seemed o be wearing red robes.
OOC: if you can think of another way of surviving - like a bluff, stealth, being knocked out or being trapped in a pocket that was closer to the entrance that would be okay. My suggestion means you missed the conversation between the attackers and other PCs. [/sblock]
Ata: The chaos mage sorcerer sure looks random. Wild soul rerolls every extended rest, but Chaos Burst happens each round you attack. Unfettered Power works on 1 or 20's, and Chaos bolt has a cascading effect 50% of the time... do you have to make the secondary attack? can you target a wall or does it spill onto your friends, if there are no legit targets?
I will allow it as a DM, but I think its too random for me to play one for a long game. (I did play a Wildmage in 2ed - but the game didn't last long.)
You will need to change Djaar's background as well, unstead of being useless, he was more likely a loose cannon.
I'll post the next event tomorrow ....