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Question, I'm toying with the idea of having starting the campaign with the Night of Ashes, with the PCs being members of the Victocora Household: younger siblings or cousins to Rexus, some of his drinking buddies and fellow students (possibly renting a spare room in the estate) and loyal servants to the household.

The PCs would bear witness to the slaughter of the household, barely escape with their lives (and hopefully, Rexus' as well) and possibly save some important documents, etc.

The emphasis would be on stealth and escape. The players would be alerted that all deaths here are final, and indeed, some of them will die. Ideally, this will invest them in the rebellion, set the stakes and tone (scrappy underdogs versus Thrune's vast might), and jumpstart Rexus' character arc as well.

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