Thank you all for submitting characters. There were two roles with two entries, and deciding between what have been excellent submissions was very, very difficult.
For the damage dealer role I am going to have to go with Jokad over Dolan here simply because his character fits better with the adventure and offers me more opportunity to develop plot hooks that hang off of him.
Redclaw - that you very much for taking the time and effort to submit Dolan. I am sure that his travels will carry him on to places where his strong arm are better needed. If you don't mind I would like to put you on hold so that if someone drops out or is unresponsive I can PM you and see if you are still interested before reopening the recruitment.
For the damage healer role I found it painful to choose. I had pretty much selected Rhun's character, Danth, in my head, and then airwalkrr comes along like a ninja, sneaking in a backstab at the last minute with one of the best character concepts I have ever seen.
So in the end we have 5 characters, because I just couldn't select between the clerics. We have 2 clerics, and that is the way it is. I shall adjust up some encounters a little to make up for the extra player, and it is my expectation that we may see someone drop out or die anyway
So here they are, our 5 intrepid adventurers (or 4 intrepid adventurers and 1 old geezer):
"damage dealer": Jokad (frostrune), Shoanti, barbarian
"damage healer": Danth (Rhun), Human, cleric
"magic monkey": Kael Saern (Friardoc), Human, sorcerer
"skill monkey": Jovik (Fenris), Human, rogue
"old geezer": Mandraiv (Airwalkrr), Human, cleric and borderline pensioner
Fenris - young Jovik needs some work. Have a look at the short free Pathfinder players guide I linked to in my first post and select a racial type, feat, etc.
FrostRune - you have done a great job on Jokad. I shall review his stats properly and let you know of any changes, but at a glance he looks very good.
Rhun - again, all I need to do is review him, but he looks very complete.
Friardoc - ditto - an excellent concept.
Airwalkrr - I don't know what this is: adventurer’s kit (PH2). PH2??? Otherwise, loving the old fellow, but need to check whether you used the point buy only, or used age bonuses and penalties to abilities. I shall check over the weekend.
Let us hope they all live long lives and develop to their fullest talents.
Please post your characters in this thread for posterity and review. I will check over them in depth this weekend and respond there. This thread is effectively closed now, so please use the character one now, and then we will open a game thread (hopefully soon) and a new OOC thread to mirror the game one.
Again, thank you all for your effort. An excellent little party for me to throw into the maelstrom!