I have pregenerated a party of six characters for the game. Pregenerating characters means that we can start the adventure immediately, but it does mean that I get to decide on the characters' possessions and backgrounds. You can put in bids for any character you like. If two people insist on the same character, I will resolve it randomly. I believe that all of them are both useful to the party and interesting in terms of background and motivations.

I have assumed that the characters have been adventuring together for some time, as they all start play at 4th level:

	Tor Ironforge is a male dwarf cleric of Moradin. His clerical domains are Protection and Good. He wears masterwork full plate armour and wields a magic warhammer he calls "Moradin's Finger". A secret shame in his past compels him to seek abandoned dwarven temples. He has come to Hommlet in pursuit of rumours of such a temple. Mark will be playing this character.
Thyla Rhiallanyng is a female elf ranger with a torn ear. Wearing light armour and carrying a composite longbow, Thyla is the party's primary archer. She too has a mysterious past. She has an animal companion, a wolf named Unela, and her favoured enemy is humans. She has come to Hommlet to visit an old friend. Antti will be playing this character.
	Larian Whyath is a male half-elf bard; an artiste of lute, fiddle and whistle-pipe. He is friendly and talkative, but in combat situations he lets his masterwork rapier do the talking for him. Like any bard worth a tankard, he has a knack for annoying the wrong people. He has come to Hommlet to interview and audition an aspiring entrant to the bardic college. Myk will be playing this character.
"The Shadow" is a female halfling rogue. She wears a suit of magical armour which makes her all but invisible in the shadows, and fights with daggers. She was mentored by a pair of clerics of Olidamarra, and still pays her respects to the Laughing God in the ways that He likes best. She has come to Hommlet to seek out the old temple ruins and see if any hidden treasure remains. Steve will be playing this character.
	Marbo Tormlek is a male human fighter who learned all he knows from the school of hard knocks. He joined his first mercenary company at age fifteen. He is now a veteran of many years adventuring, and is equipped with magical armour and a magical polearm. He is convinced that he is being hunted by forces that failed to kill him when he was a child. He has come to Hommlet to track down a lost relative. Victor will be playing this character.
Telnash Wildermeet is a female human wizard, specialising in Abjuration spells. She was once propositioned by a captain of Greyhawk's famous Wizard Corps. She challenged him to a magical duel and won. She is quite frail due to a childhood disease. Her familiar is a capuchin monkey named Osdia. She has come to Hommlet to escape the adventuring life for a while and read a few good books. Tomasz will be playing this character.

Begin the story!