Opening:

The following will be the opening for the game:

It is the in the month of Kythorn, known as the Time of Flowers, it being the 20^th of Kythron, the summer solstice. Each of you have been traveling on the highways to the town of Thunderstone, where an annual week-long Solstice festival occurs. Recently Thunderstone has become incorporated into the kingdom of Cormyr (King Azoun the 5th) The Kingdom of Cormyr has asked that a census be taken at this time during the week of the festival to get an approximation of what the new burden to the kingdom this frontier town will be.

The highways have been packed with travelers, Each of you are traveling to the small town of Thunderstone, each with your own agenda, you all have crossed paths on the highway to the town, defending a small merchant caravan from a maurading band of Hobgoblins.

It is now evening, You now find yourself entering the Green Dragon Pub, one of the many over-crowded pubs. It is overflowing with customers, by the looks of it, mostly out-of-towners and commoners that have came for the festival and census.