Campaign is full custom. The setting starts with you in a small fishing village, arrived either by boat (they have a dock, but don't field their own large ships), by land, or just sort of already being there. The party is grouped together by whatever means because the local crier has let you all know that the nearby baron is looking for mercenaries. Unfortunately, the crier doesn't know the specifics. The baron essentially said, "Go, find me some swords." but that's fine, right? You've got a sword, he needs a sword, what's complicated?
What you're aware of? There's mountains to the north, and beyond the mountains lies a great nation. Unfortunately you're in a small colony area, mostly cut off from the rest of the nation. To the south is a river, and across the river is a large nation, though not as large as the northern nation. The southern nation exists in whole, it is not a colony, if anything the northern lands have begun encroaching too closely.
Along the way, there's the usual spattering of villages, roads, bandits, etc. The terrain is mostly forest, plains, and rolling hills, along with a river and a mountain range.
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'Personal friend of mine'
Baneling
greatorder
Kansa
Laerta
da dwarf lord
Darvi
Yoink
Got 8 so far, which is a full party, but as Bay12 is apt to do people are likely to drop out.
Would also like to confirm to people that the time is 4PM CST (GMT -6:00) on Saturdays.