Question for the peoples of awesomeness:
In the Varnhold Vanishing book, it offers helpful suggestions for what size the players' nation should be at at the beginning and ending of the adventure. What I would ask would be- what size should we shoot for for the start of this adventure? The end? Should they be 'kings' by the start of it, or a tad lower? I've been managing to keep things balanced so far, but before I really go into it I like to have an idea how to guide their expansion.
I understand that it's open-ended and it's kind of party-to-party, but do you have any guidelines/expectations for the party at this point?