The Kingdom of Serenna is a small principality located to the northwest. While not a military or economic powerhouse, the surrounding undeveloped wilderness is generally composed of small hamlets peopled by hardy folk, along with monsters and undesirables, leaving little incentive for it's more powerful neighbors to encroach upon it's claimed boarders. Within these boundaries, however, not everyone would consider themselves subject to the crown; the royals of Serenna maintain only nominal sovereignty over most of the kingdom's lands.
This decentralized rule suits the rough, largely human inhabitants of the kingdom perfectly fine. Low taxes and independently-minded peasants lead to minimal intervention from the royal capital, the city of Serenna, from which the kingdom takes it's name. Troops are sometimes dispatched to deal with particularly aggressive monsters, or bandit gangs, but for the most part local militias resolve dangers.
All in all, it's a provincial place, with a tendency towards lawlessness, especially once one ventures far from the population centers which at least possess some veneer of respectability. Other than the centrally located capital, there is also an influential farming town, Bex, located towards the eastern border. The majority of Serenna's imports enter via Fort Stormcreek in the south, a cardinal arsenal for the royal military as well as a sizable settlement.
This is where our story begins. But with whom does it begin?
