Your adventure, should you chose to accept it, starts you out as a little known and minor character in the small town of West Harbor which is located smack dab in the middle of the Mere of Dead Men. If the thought of such a place frightens you then it should, because you will have to be extremely strong and brave in order to live in this monster-infested world. Don't fear, oh spell casting and monster bashing adventurer, because you will be joined by a bevy of willing and loyal game generated characters. These characters are known as henchmen in the Neverwinter Nights universe but I like to call them NPCs or rather Non Player Characters. In fact it certainly would be a rare sight to see someone adventuring alone in the world of D&D.