SEVEN HELLS

Seven Hells was, for as long back as you can recall, always just a small trade outpost out in the wilds.  Folks say that, originally, it was just a lone tavern by that namesake; the tale goes that there was a traveling merchant named Mack who noticed that the site made for a common crossroads for other merchants traveling between larger settlements, so he seized the moment and set up shop.  Turned out he was right, and a small town did crop up around the tavern - mostly other merchants and travelers finally settling down, and then catering to the needs of others on the road.  Sort of like a truck stop, to use a phrase from The Old World.  There was nothing glamorous about the outpost, but that all changed a year ago when The Labyrinth appeared.

It was one hell of a storm, the night that the entrance rose from the ground like a metallic demon out of hell.  You admittedly can't see much of it from the surface - mostly the entrance, clearly of Old World make - and at first no one really knew what the hell it was.  The phenomena alone was enough for all the bigger political entities around Seven Hells to send their best and brightest in to investigate it, though.  Wasn't long after that the scholars learned just how big this thing must be...and that it's probably full of relics from The Old World.  All the locales of Seven Hells know their town is going to go from boonies to booming at a pretty shocking pace as scholars, merchants, adventurers, and representatives from all over start pouring in, and they'll be ready for it.

You are members of the newly established Explorer's Guild of Seven Hells.  You've been sent here, or raised up to the challenge yourself, to be one of the first to enter The Labyrinth.  As members of the Guild, you also have a stake in the development of Seven Hells as it morphs from an outpost to a major city.  Are you up for the task?

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Prior to campaign start, players and the GM will go through a world building exercise to flush out the area around Seven Hells, as well as some facts about the world.

TODO:
* Add stuff about the other political bodies / cultures that surround Seven Hells
* More info about what folks know about The Old World