Tesseryn Brightsoul was a paladin devoted to Dauros, god of Justice.  After failure and death he found himself resurrected at the World Serpent Inn, and plunged into this quest to restore the White Tower.

Originally a woman, he arrived in this unfamiliar world as a man due, he suspects, to a curse from an old enemy, the goblin god Grum Gog.

All this he had taken in his stride, never questioning the will of Dauros, and accepting that Mitra is the embodiment of Dauros in this land.

Questioning began when he realised that good alone would never be enough to defeat the Dark Tower.  The words of Sir Holomir and Gnevron were the seed: "Evil turns upon itself, as it always must, and as oft as not struggle each against the other to raise themselves up in the sight of the dark god they serve.", "...evil is selfish and stupid..."  The rigid code of conduct, coupled with the uncompromising demands of the Heart of Law, would only pit good against evil, prolonging the ancient struggle rather than ending it.  Breaking his vow, allowing himself the freedom to choose a different path, he hopes will open a way to fulfil this quest.

He stands six feet tall, clean shaven with short cropped brown hair and golden eyes, wearing shiny full plate armour.  His forehead bears an ugly scar, crudely in the shape of the broken Scales of Justice, where the Heart of Law left him.  A short sword, two daggers and two pouches are fastened to a wide belt embossed with leering goblin faces.  On his back are strapped a leather pack and his greatsword in its sheath.

Tesseryn is once more in her original female form - a strong-looking woman.  She has deduced that the goblin belt she wears, and cannot rid herself of, is the key to the gender-changing curse.