Arik

True Neutral Male Human (?) Barbarian, Level 5

Str 18 Dex 16 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 11 Cha 12
HP 48 AC 18 Prime Attributes Strength, Dexterity, Constitution
Height 6' 1" Weight 190 lbs Age 35 years

Class Abilities Combat Sense, Deerstalker, Intimidate, Primeval Instincts, Whirlwind Attack

Equipment Two-handed sword +1, chainmail, 5 hand axes, light-tube

Description Tall, lean, and muscular, Arik's most striking feature is his skin, which is a deep shade of red. This feature marks him as different from every other human in the land, but apart from this one difference, he appears to be completely human in every way. He bears the marks of a difficult life; his features are weathered and he carries many scars. Arik usually wears very little clothing, because he comes from a land that is much colder, and he finds the climate of Ember in particular to be almost intolerably warm. The clothing he does wear is generally simple and practical.

Biography Arik comes from an unknown land called Ares, a land of vast reddish deserts, where the Sun shines dimly in the sky, the rivers are dried up, the climate is freezing, and civilization has fallen millenia ago. The people of this land eke out a meagre existence in small bands of hunter-gatherers. There is no magic and no Gods where Arik comes from, but there is evidence, found in ancient ruins and carvings, that there once were Gods and magic in the distant past.

Arik made it his life's quest to discover where the Gods had gone, and his fifteen-year search led him to a portal among some strange ruins built with grey stone, not native to Ares. A band of adventurers, exploring the dungeons that housed the other side of the portal, activated it and brought him through. Arik was amazed to find himself in a land where magic worked, and the Gods were present. Deciding that this must be where the Gods had gone, he embarked on a quest to convince the Gods, or at least one of the Gods, to return to Ares and restore magic to his land.