In the Evarian forest most people just worry about wild animals that might attack them, but there is another threat to traders and wanderers: Highwaymen. They are outlaws who lurk on paths and stop anyone they come across. You have to pay them a wayfare or they will destroy your goods or kill you. They are quite rare in this side of the kingdom but someone comes across them sometime in their life. But soon, even the highwaymen will be threatened by something. To be exact, knights who want to cleanse the forest of criminals on one side and invading orcs and their demon masters on the other. But not all outlaws are cowards who pick on the weak, the Evarian forest highwaymen live and survive in the wild and have it in them. They wont retreat because a couple enemies are in their territory. The highwaymen will fight to the last man and the elves, a folk with whom the highwaymen have a pact with may help along as well if the knights and the orcs wander too far into the forest.


The Evarian forest: The Evarian forest is a green forest full of birches, willows and oak trees. Alongside the trees, there are ruins of the old empire and many artifacts. In the middle of it lies the only road through the forest and many small paths. The elves live in small settlements throughout the forest, but they know how to protect themselves and are good archers. The highwaymen have their own encampment not far from one elven settlement and have been there for years now.

The encampment: Out of the former camp became a settlement for the few outlaws who live in the forest. Each has their own house. A small tavern, a smith, a tailor and a traders (smugglers) post are also available. This all is surrounded by a wooden palisade with a wooden gate. The encampment is well hidden and other than well trusted smugglers and the highwaymen, only the elves know the location of it.

Tech: It is a time of blades, bows and simple magic. The more primitive species are the trolls, the giants, the goblins and the ogres. There more modern species are the humans, the orcs, the fae (elves), the demons and the beastfolk. Beastfolk and demons are very rare in the kingdom.


Character sheet:

Name
Age
Gender
Race (primitive species, beastfolk and demons arent playable, next to modern species only halflings of the primitive, beastfolk and demons are playable)
Appearance
Clothing (keep it fantasy/medieval)
Weapons (medieval weaponry only)
Skills (if magic, then only simple magic such as lighting a fire, wolfspeak etc. and nothing too overpowered which means no teleportation for example)
Class/Occupation
Likes
Dislikes
Personality
Background
A negative trait (such as hopeless casanova, arrogant, cowardly, insane etc.)