[@Dark Light][@Lucius Cypher][@SunsetWanderer][@CharmingDevil][@Halvtand]

I've got some of the setting done, along with a CS. I hope we get some more interest, and that this will sway anyone who might still be on the fence. If any of you would like to expand the lore of the setting, add locations to the map, and other things, please let me know and we'll discuss it. I definitely want the players to be able to build this world up as much as they would like, I just want to make sure everything fits together smoothly. Same with the character sheet, I kind of feel like I might have left something out but I can't think of what at the moment.

[hider=Character Sheet]
[b]Name:[/b] X
[b]Age, Gender:[/b] X, X

[b]Appearance:[/b] Either image or description is equally fine.

[b]Personality:[/b] I'd like some flaws as well as strengths, and not just things like "average looking" or "not very social." Give your character a positive quality strong enough to carry them through tough times, but an equally negative quality that impacts their life or decisions. 

[b]Backstory:[/b] In addition to the important details of your characters' life, include What Marked Them, and Why. If there are details you'd prefer to keep secret, PM me.

[b]Equipment:[/b] In addition to swords, shields, and so on, you may include other important items your character might make use of, such as ropes or hunting traps. These tools should be focused around whatever method you'll use to survive the Night, whether that be through battle or wits. Just don't go too crazy with it; no one can carry an entire armory.

[b]Theme:[/b] Music that you feel fits the character. Not necessary, but I feel it enhances the experience.

[b]Other:[/b] Anything you feel doesn't fit the above sections.[/hider]
[hider=The Shadowed Vale][hider=Map][img]http://i.imgur.com/x8Z4Cq8.png[/img][/hider]
The Shadowed Vale is a northwestern province of a vast human kingdom, called such for the deep darkness cast over it by mountains, thick forests, and the rolling fog that rises from the lakes and rivers. During the day, and by the light of the flames, those who live on this frontier edge of the kingdom must work themselves to the bone to eke out their living. Yet despite this, the walls of Valeton have stood strong through many a terrible Night, and have weathered under the years only to be rebuilt time and time again. It is considered by some to be a stalwart bastion, and many a knight has gone forth from its walls to face the terrors that lie beyond.

Few of them ever return.
[hider=Valeton]A cramped city surrounding the Valefort Castle, it is a somewhat crude and wary place. The people here are slow to trust, knowing creatures of the Night may wear the guise of a man. They are hardy and stubborn, but life weighs heavy upon them. It is simply accepted here that many children may not live past their second year, or may be snatched up and replaced with a foul Changeling. There are few who could be called nobility, many of them second sons come from other parts of the kingdom. The town guard watches with a diligent eye, their swords and spears always close by. Even during the day, bonfires burn and candles light the window sills.

Count Alistair von Valens has ruled from his ancestral castle for thirty years now. He is a cold, unapproachable man, but he is ever vigilant against the Night.[/hider]
[hider=Waelmist Lake]Cold mists always surround this lake, no matter what time of year or day. The rivers, full of snowmelt from the tops of the mountains, are cold enough to steal a man's breath away at a touch. Only the brave or reckless dare to take a boat into its waters, and only the stupid to swim beneath them. They say many an unfortunate has been dragged beneath, to the dark, seemingly endless depths below...

Yet there are others who speak of a Pale White Lady, who sings with a beautiful voice and walks atop the water...[/hider]
[hider=Darkwald]This dark forest stretches for miles, and even in brightest noon its gnarled trees block the sun, their thorned branches outstretched like waiting claws. There are many a village of goblins and fey here who seek to entice and enchant an unwary traveler, and trolls and other unpleasant beasts make their homes beneath the roots and the hills. Every so often, on a pale moon's night, they become braver and wilder and leave the forest in host to assault the walls of Valeton, and any poor homestead or farmhouse in between. Supposedly, an Elven King holds court at the forests' center, but rarely does anyone return if they are still within the thicket after dark.[/hider]
[hider=The Grind]These mountains were given their name for the echoing groans and the gnashing, grinding noise of stone against stone that rolls down the valley. Some say it is the voices of giants, or the thrashing of a dragon. Others say that the mountains are beginning to fall apart, great cliffs of stone giving way and sliding this way and that. The landscape is rumored to change even between a traveler's footsteps, that he may lose his way and become a helpless meal for the monsters waiting in the caves...[/hider]
[hider=The Demented Tower]Once, long ago, the ancestor of Count Valens erected this tower. Its purpose and the methods of its construction are lost to time. Foolhardy adventurers seek treasure within it, and some have indeed returned bearing gold, or bright armor, or gleaming swords. Yet many go mad or give in to temptations of the Night, and thus the place is cursed by madness...[/hider][/hider]

Once any questions/comments are cleared up, I'll probably put up the OOC tomorrow sometime.