oh yes, character descriptions...

i *have* got names for these guys, just not readily available, by the way.

half-elf is born to two half-elven parents, so his features are a bit atypical even for an atypical species. his hair is dark brown, almost black, and his eyes are a pale grey that can almost look watery at times. he wears a thick beard that's trimmed to follow his jawline closely, and keeps his upper lip bare. his skin is fairly tanned all over, from a lifetime on the coast or on the deck of a ship. his build is slight by human standards, and fairly sturdy by elven, but clearly lithe and graceful. in contrast to this, while his movements and bodylanguage are proud and certain on the deck of a ship, on stable ground he moves much more deliberately and with caution, almost like someone unsure of their legs, or with numb feet.

the half orc is a hulking knot of twisted muscle. that's the long and short of it. even among his own people his strength is famous, and for one who wasn't raised a warrior his skill with the glaive is equally as impresive. his eyes are all black, and the irises are quite large, leaving little white showing around them. he keeps his head shaved bare. but the most stunning qualities of his appearance are the scars and tattoos... his face is tattooed in a grim mask of frustrated anger, with extra eyes climbing up his forehead, and a wider mouth inked on his lips around his own. his forearms are tattooed in his own hand with holy phrases and teachings of his god, and his chest, back, shoulders, and upper arms are all criss crossed to varying degrees with scars. Many of these are little more than scratches or cuts that tore the skin roughly, but some are quite severe. a close inspection, if anyone wanted to make one that is, would show quite a few of the scars are very recent.