The Adventure Begins!

   Sitting in the Mouldering Cheese Inn for the third uneventful night in a
row, you count up what little change you have left and try to add up how much
it will cost to spend another night here. The bar is fairly crowded with
people, all seemingly in the same business as you are, but either currently
between adventures or else downright broke.

   You pause for a moment to think exactly how you ended up in this place. It
seems you were looking for an adventure; for a new goal in life. You've wanted
always wanted to accomplish something; to slay dragons and rescue beautiful
damsels in distress. But your fantasies give way to the coldness of reality:
you are sitting in a dirty, dimly-lit tavern in Baronsbane, the result of two
weeks of travel, with little more than the clothes on your back and a few
coins in your purse. It seems adventures are hard to find on your own.

   With this in mind, you decide to join or form a party of your own. From
what you've heard, quests can be alot easier when you travel in groups. As
luck would have it, there are three new faces in the crowd tonight. They are
apparantly not locals, and are going around individually, asking questions to
other rough-looking characters around the inn. Their business doesn't seem to
be of interest to anyone they have talked to so far. One by one, the men sit
down at one end of the common table and begin to talk amongst themselves.
Walking over and pulling up a chair, you decide to join in on the
conversation.

   From what you can gather, neither of these three men know each other, but
they seem to be starting up a conversation based on the fact that they all
have a common goal: they are looking to form a party for an adventure!
Eagerly, you start listening, and when the first opportunity presents itself,
you decide to introduce yourself as a potential party member.

   While you are waiting for a break in the talk, you carefully look over each
of the men. [DM's note: since I did not want to write a separate description
for each character, your character's description will be included in this as
well. Remember, YOU are your character, he's not someone else! From here on in
I will refer to your group as FOUR characters, not three, to avoid confusion] 
   It appears that there are two humans, two half-elves, and two elves here.
One of the humans is clothed in fine robes of white and black, with a black
pointed cloth hat on which is imprinted numerous symbols, giving him the
appearance of a wizard. The man has medium-length straight black hair and a
small mustache. He sits with a tankard of frothy ale, from which he takes
large sips every few seconds.

   The second human appears to be a lean, rough man who doesn't smile at all
and seems to be keeping mostly to himself. He is extremely ugly but looks to
be very agile, judging from his build. He is by far the tallest amongst you,
and looks very menacing in his dark leather armour.

   Quite different, by comparison, are the two half elves. One of them is
quite obviously a mage, clothed in robes and holding a staff by his side. He
is quite short - you judge it to be around four feet - and as he brushes away
a few locks of brown hair from his face, you can see quite clearly that he has
a prominent scar on his right cheek. He seems to be friendly enough, and
laughs quite a bit.

   The other half elf, fairly tall for his race, is clad in studded leather
and has the markings of an excellent swordsman. Locks of shoulder-length brown
hair wage an eternal war with his helmet. Piercing hazel eyes peer out from
beneath strong eyebrows, giving him a very regal appearance.

   Finally, we have the elf. A young man with brown hair, what you can see of
this robed figure's skin seems to be horribly scarred. His face is rather
grim, but he doesn't seem to be extremely unhappy. You can't help but notice
what a cold stare his pale blue eyes possess.

   After a few minutes of idle chatter with each other, the robed human bangs
his now-empty tankard against the stout wooden table and clears his throat.
The others settle down and listens as he tells his tale...

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