Tirian

Tirian is a village of 420 folk, a small rural farming community. That it has not been overrun is due to a small group of Almorian men and women, remnants of the Irregulars, an elite force of mercenaries and specialists. Their leader, Bajastelle Renderan, is a priestess of Mayaheine, converted to the new faith because of a vision she experienced after the Irregulars were largely destroyed by the imperial forces on their fateful march to Chathold.

One of a very few survivors from her battalion, she believed herself an unworthy survivor and was sunk into despair when a vision of the demipower appeared to her and sternly told her to get up off her knees and do something about those a lot less able to defend themselves.

Bajastelle is a charismatic leader and she has some 25 veteran Irregulars, mostly heavy infantry. In addition to them are three ranger-scouts and a priest of Pelor. Her goal is to get the folk of Tirian to some place of safety. Ideally, she hopes to strike out for Nyrond. The problem, of course, is that Tirian is distant from any even relatively safe place (the Flinty Hills are another possibility).

There are a few other such places in Almor where small groups are in dire need of rescue, but for PCs Tirian is the most interesting. Bajastelle and her surviving troops are well-disciplined and hardy, and if helped to save the village people by a group of intelligent and caring PCs they would be prepared to pledge service to them in return. Especially for PCs who are of sufficient experience level to attract followers, rescuing this community would make for an excellent adventure, since the charismatic young warrior-priestess would make an excellent, and wholly trustworthy, second-in-command. Of course, this is provided that the PCs she serves are worthy of her assistance.