(As I said, we'd be doing a series of small adventures before we get into the actual game)<br/><br/>Long ago, a kingdom existed in what is now wilderness. Bugbears and ogres  fought for expansion and the fighting was brutal. They earned great fame, gathering considerable treasures from their pillaging. Those who died in battle were buried in large tomb complexes dug into hillsides and among these tombs was the large tor known as Hightower. As the fighting continued, only Hightower escaped destruction—mostly because it was an unimportant monument in a remote location.<br/><br/>A few tribes of humanoids that survived tried to use it as a fortress, but the humans defeated them and sealed the entrance with a large boulder, ensuring that the tor could no longer be used as a base. Since then, Hightower has served as a landmark for travelers in the know, but it has mainly been forgotten. Tomb raiders once dug an access shaft from the top of the tor down into the tombs, but never returned, and only the vermin have used it since.<br/><br/>Electrical storms have begun to plague the area recently, and have been so severe that a few weeks ago, a stray lightning bolt broke open the stone seal. Tonight, yet another terrible storm is sweeping through the wilderness, driving all creatures to take shelter where they can find it. Hightower looms on the horizon, and its door is no longer blocked.<br/><br/>(please post your character coming through the storm and into the Tor, meeting each other for the first time.)