Bill was a perfectly ordinary village blacksmith until one night, the zombies came. Bill fought his way free and fled into the night with only his grandfather's forge hammer, passed down by his father before he died. Vowing to return someday and discover what became of his friends, he makes his way to the Hanged Man in Daunton...
Hooks: Bill hates undead, Bill has a mysterious heirloom hammer with a strange inscription, Bill doesn't know what happened to his childhood friends, etc.
Kicker: Zombies attacked his village and drove him away.
Didn't you just curse that WotC is changing the Flaming Weapons (or something like that)
Are you sure you wanna scrap three characters for one that just got a big nerf?
Path of Light is about to end (1 encounter left), and I'm writing down the follow up. The group average level is 7 at the moment, but they will most likely all level up at the end. They are actually 5 and well balanced (2 Defender, 1 Striker, 1 Leader and 1 Controller). I'll accept one more, but it will be to the group to decide if they want someone else or not.