It is the year 101 A.C. (After Cataclysm). The empire is raced with rebellion once more. The rebels are tacitly backed by other countries; they are fighting the perceived tyranny of the matriarchy that rules the empire. Other nations can see that a general malaise has fallen upon the world. It seems a dark age has come.
You find yourself caught up in these challenging times. You have little money, and no current employment. Your family and close friends can no longer provide or otherwise help you. In making your own way, you have ended up in a frontier town in Renova, on the border with the Elven empire.
The outlook is bleak until a caravan comes to town. A mercenary company accompanies it. They are short-staffed and so they offer you work, in this case escorting the caravan further on. Looking them over, you can easily see they are ragged, but work is work, after all.
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