The Adventurers
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[edit] The Adventurers
The Adventurers are a group of Fantasy role-playing game characters created by Thomas Miller. Based upon a series of gaming sessions that Miller ran back in 1991, these stories were originally published on the Usenet on a weekly basis. His writings have spanned over 15 years and amount to over 14.7 Mb of plain text.
The original stories were based upon gaming sessions that Miller ran using the Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition system, set in the World of Greyhawk. As a result, many of the settings and non-player characters that the Adventurers encountered will be familiar to D&D veterans because they were from commercial modules that were available for the Greyhawk world at the time. These original gaming sessions are chronicled in episodes 1 through 125 as Epic 1. Epic 2's initial chapters were based upon a reunion gaming session but after that, Miller began to write stories that were extrapolated from his own ideas and input from some of the original players, with whom Miller remained friends.
[edit] Epic 1
Epic 1 was started in 1991 with the origin story of the Adventurers group. Set in the town of Fax, the group individually responded to a notice for courier work and accepted the charge to work together in order to fulfill the job requirements of Cassius, who needed an important package escorted to the Celene region. The group was initially riven by distrust, but they began to work well together, despite stark differences in style and personality.
[edit] The original group of characters
Belphanior An aggressive, cunning, and often psychopathic elf. He is a skilled swordsman, wizard, and thief whose arsenal of weapons and magical items only adds to his destructive potential.
Ged Master of sorcery both arcane and spiritual, this grey elf dedicated himself to the service of Boccob, god of magic. Arrogant, ambitious, and supra-intelligent, he wielded mighty magic of all kinds.
Halbarad This grim, noble ranger with a hatred of orcs wanders the forests of Oerik, fighting for those who need justice.
Krug A founding member who soon turned traitor and was just as quickly killed for it.
Mongo A dwarven warrior of tremendous strength and endurance. Aggressive and courageous, he can be found at the front of any battle he joins.
Peldor This shifty-eyed, conniving rogue appeared naked in a field, with no recollection of who he was or where he came from.
Peyote This jovial, mushroom-eating half-elven warrior/druid speaks in an odd dialect and appears continually stoned.
Rob This bumbling, naive priest of Trithereon was known for being exceedingly absent-minded.
Peldor.com The Adventurer's home on the WWW.
