Okay. For the couple of you that I have invited here for a private, but long term game here is the gist of a lot of things you need to know.

1. I am fully aware that I don't have all of the data posted. Huge chunks are incomplete. I get it. We can work with it. I know what I have and what I want to do. The difficulty is getting it from my head and personal notes to this site to everyone can see it.

2. I do not want to see active PvP. Sparring, physically and verbally is A-okay.

3. I do not want to see you holding your cards so close to your chests. In fact, as part of session 0, I want you to work with each other to find some mutual details that you can specifically share. I will list below some possible situations and scenarios that cause you to tolerate (if not bond) with each other.

4. I do want you to set yourselves up to take the leadership feat at 10th level as a freebie. An idea that has crossed my mind is playing each other's cohort.

5. I would like to see a communal stronghold. I've got a few ideas. I will list them below. I think we will get into the Kingmaker rules on the srd.

6. I'm going to start you at 7th level and 60,000gp. No more than 28k spent on a single item. I level quick and give out good loot. I do not want to see characters that are absolutely stacked to be single trick ponies. Broaden your skills and abilities. Generalist are better than pure specialists.

7. I want to focus on the northwestern part of Central Destivia. We're going to be focusing on Dead Merchant Outpost to Woodgate, out to Julietta and Blackhold. I plan on using Barbarians, Brigands, Traditional monsters, and intelligent enemies.

-Part 1. The Item
-Part 2. The Barbarians from above.
-Part 3. Growing in numbers.
-Part 4. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
-Part 5. I told you so.
-Part 6. Final Confrontation

8. There will be a lot of scenery, politics, and epic violence. Be prepared for an RP heavy experience.

9. Possible links that caused your characters to get to know each other...

-That Tiefling did it!: One of you was victimized by a Tiefling thief who stole something. The other of you seen it happen.
-WTF is a Wemic?: A wemic attacked a group you both were traveling with. You both fought it off.
-Friends of the Bride: You both have a mutual friend. You met each other during her wedding and got along.
-From the same Town: You both were born in the same starting location and grew up knowing each other.
-That Cheating Bitch!: A half-elf girl was seeing both of you, but didn't tell either of you. You both got suspicious, sort of figured out she was seeing both of you, but during the confrontation found her with a 3rd party. Bros before Hoes. Or Chicks before Dicks. Whatever.
-The Enemy of my Enemy: An Imperial asshat messed with both of you using the same type of scam. You learned of each other, teamed up, and came out victorious in the end.
-Feel free to come up with your own ideas.

10. Possible Stronghold Sites:

-An old, abandoned Lighthouse and ruined settlement near Julietta
-A merchant caravan along the Pass
-A wandering barbarian tribe
-A land grant from the Baroness of Blackhold
-A military base from Woodgate
-New leaders of the elven community in the Black Night Woods
-I am open to ideas as things progress

11. Lastly, Starting locations: Yes. Your character was born in one of these locations.
-Blackhold
-Woodgate
-Rooker Keep
-Dead Merchant Outpost
-Julietta

I know it seems like a lot, but it really isn't. It is pretty standard!