Forest of Doom pbp (full 5/5)

[S'mon]

OK, Group is complete! Please go to the IC thread & do your introductory posts; include a bit of detail about your character so the others know who you are.

The Party - PCs

1. Name: Paaq, "Red Pocket"
Class: Fighter
Level:1
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Age: 23
Appearance: Broad of jaw, shoulder, and more than slightly of stomach, with unkempt, stringy black hair, Paaq is hardly the dashing soldier, but a smile is rarely far from his mouth, and his blue-green eyes invite playful words from more than a few ladies. He typically wears a dull brown surcoat, with a single red pocket sewn on, over either mail or tunic, with pack, cloak, and baldric for sword and shield slung over his back.


2. Name: Eric Harper, Arbiter
Class: Paladin of Libra
Level: 1
Sex: Male
Race: Man
Age: 27
Appearance: A fairly attractive man, with short, brown hair and blue-gray eyes. He is 6'1", weighs 190
pounds, broad shouldered. He lacks the typical scars found on most warriors. He is usually stern,
but he does have slight "smile" wrinkles that betray his generally happy nature.


3. Name: “Kip” - Roxanne Kipwell
Class: Rogue
Level: 1
Sex: M (Really F) - The other PCs think she's a male youth called Kip.
Race: Human
Age: 19
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Appearance: Tall, thin as a rail. Dark black hair, cut roughly and short (with her own dagger), brown eyes.

4. Name: Jonath Cailan
Class: Rogue
Level: 1
Sex: M
Race: Human
Age: 19
Appearance: Tall and whip-thin, Jonath has sandy brown hair and bright, hazel eyes. His skin is well-tanned from months spent out on the open ocean, and his gait has the characteristic roll common to shorebound sailors.



5. Name: Keena Gladomaine
Class: Ranger
Level: 1
Sex: Female
Race: Half-Elf
Age: 24 yrs old
Appearance:
--Height: 4'9"
--Weight: 108 lbs
--Eyes: Green
--Hair: Auburn Red, wavy, shoulder length
Attractive and lithe looking. Generally wears her leathers and armor when adventuring.





6. Name: Lirael the Sorceress (Companion NPC)
Class: Sorcerer
Level: 1
Sex: Female
Race: Human
Age: 25
Appearance: Very shapely, glamourous brunette of about 5'6", Lirael wears a black leather bodice, skirt and high-heeled thigh boots, carrying a traveller's pack. She has shoulder length hair and a lightly tanned complexion.

 

[S'mon]

I suggest players post as much of their PC backgrounds here as they're happy for the other players to know about.

 

[Cor Azer]

Paaq "Red Pocket"

Paaq is very nearly the quintessential open book; he wears his heart on his sleeve and rarely succumbs to the pessimism of cynics. He grew up a baker's son, and although he loves eating and drinking, has next to no culinary talent. Always keen to hear another thrilling tale of adventure, Paaq easily went along with his parent's wishes of a better life than an apprentice baker - adventuring would be dangerous, but thrilling, likely rewarding, and even possibly fulfilling if noble and true tasks were set before him.

With little extra coin to spare, Paaq's parents found a crippled knight, Sir Ulthan of the Westbank, to teach sword and shield to Paaq in exchange for bread and treats that sated the knight's sweet tooth.

Never one to be mistaken as cultured, Paaq is none-the-less honest, loyal, and jovial, but packs a common man's sense to fight off the naivity of his optimism.

 

[Artur Hawkwing]

"Kip the Lad" - Roxanne Kipwell

Kip is a youthful fellow, slinder and almost feminine of feature, or perhaps a trace of Elven? He is nimble and quick, tries to be aware of all that goes on around him at all times. He prefers to be alone, even with the group, in as much as not initiating conversation and keeping his own council. He keeps his bedroll a little distant from others, though still within the safety of the campfire light. He has said that, as he gets more comfortable with his traveling companions, he will open up.

Kip the Lad is, or was, a fairly well known employee to an eccentric collector. Part of his team that visited ancient ruins and all sorts of weird places to retrieve any number of bizarre and sometimes unattractive artifacts. "Knick Knacks" as they were commonly referred to. His future fell into doubt with the untimely death of his employer, a death surrounded by any number of fantastic and even melodramatic rumors of how he died, how he was killed and who did it. The popular story is a young lover of his found he paid more attention to his collection of oddities than to her and she had him killed. Others say one of the objects his team recovered was cursed and it was the curse that killed him. Others take that a step further, saying that any involved in the retrieval of those items are cursed, as are those who are around them.

Kip places little stock on that last story, having snorted at it and commented time and again that he is still alive and suffers nothing from such a curse. With his employer dead, Kip decided that the idea to leave the town and head into the world to seek adventure was another stroke of luck, giving him an escape from the uncertainty of the town into the unknown of the world.

 

[Sekhmet]

Eric Harper, Arbiter

While not exactly forward with any amount of personal information, when asked a question about himself, Eric Harper will always answer truthfully. He has nothing to hide from any amount or source of prying eye, and his life is a testament to his faithfulness to Libra.
What you have gathered is that he is the son of a relatively wealthy judge, whose lifestyle was later found to be made through underhanded deals with businessmen and government officials. When Eric stumbled onto one such deal, he gathered the necessary proofs and turned his father in for the crime.
When they took his father away, his mother sent Eric away from the household in grief, and Eric soon found himself at a church of the Lady of Justice, where he was taken in and given his training.

Although relatively inexperienced, the church would send Eric about their city to ask for donations and give Libra's blessings to the masses because of his ability to connect instantly to people.
The priests at the church were soon amazed at Eric's ability to absorb information and to settle disputes in a just manner, and he was soon called "Arbiter" by his peers, whom took advantage of his willingness to serve, and accepted his decisions (for the most part).
It's easy to tell that he takes his duties very seriously, so when his peers at the church suggested he go on a sort of pilgrimage to help those in need and spread the word, he strapped his gear together and left that very day.

 

[Sekhmet]

I was waylaid by enemies, and had to defend myself for the last four days.
Posting will be more active until around the 8th, where I should be MIA for roughly 48 hours. It's over the weekend, I'd appreciate if one of you handled anything for my character if it becomes necessary.
After that, it will be smooth sailing (barring more enemies waylaying me).

I was near Sandpoint, ID, stuck in the mountains above the city. Long story, but a good time, I suppose.