Editing Road through the Ruins (section)

==The Setting==

===The Premise===

The adventure is set in the Hyborian world of Conan, off- stage and probably later than the high heroic action of the Barbarian’s adventures.   It would be about 500 posts long, with characters advancing from mid-novice to mid-Seasoned level.  Characters would be humble villagers fleeing slavers, in this case Argosean mercs working for a corrupt local judge. Travelling across a forbidding tract of Zamoran wilderness to avoid detection, they would encounter monsters, strange villages and ancient ruins. Their goal would be to seek training at the Guild of Slayers in the City of Thieves [mechanically , this would give them a free advance].   Equipped with stronger skills and weapons, they would return to wreak vengeance on their village’s corrupt tormentors. A journey story with a zero-to-minor-hero trajectory and a vengeance pay-off. 

===Characters===

Your characters would start at mid-Novice level , with two advancements to reflect their promise and inherent heroic potential. Suggested character tropes:

* Sturdy smith’s apprentice
* Son / daughter of a warrior parent
* Peltast shepherd, deadly with a sling-shot
* Animal –whisperer cowherd or village outsider
* Fledgling witch/ wiseman