Adventuring

No one operates quite as often in the moral grey than Adventurers. For every village saved there are probably 3 maidens and a widow seduced and abandoned, not to mention the havoc the wreak on the economy of every town they pass through.

— Jasper Cameron, Leader of The Bronze Ravens

Many children dream of being one of the heroes in the stories. Running around the woods with sticks fighting pretend dragons and saving their town from all manner of bandits and invaders, only to head home at the end of the day. And for most that is where it ends, eventually they start an apprenticeship or take over more an more responsibilities on their parents property.
But roughly one in ten thousand hear the true call, and set off to make their liferighting the many wrongs in the world, while perhaps causing one or two of their own.

I dont understand, he was such a good kid. I thought we raised him right. Where did we go wrong Theodore, why would our sweet Gifford have left this poor girl to raise a child on her own? Well, at least we will have a grandchild to dote on soon enough. I hope gifford will come home soon

— A distraught soon-to-be-grandmother

For the behavior of adventurers is well noted. sure, there are Paladins and other who get by well enough (as long as you toe the line and follow the letter of the law), but there are also bards, and fighters, and rogues, to say nothing of the havoc magic users can unleash on an unsuspecting town. Shopkeepers charmed into giving away wares at a massive loss. Tavern brawls that destroy whole city blocks. Worst case... whole towns wiped off the map over some perceived slight, often in a ball of fire. Sure, adventurers keep away bandits and goblins, but it is also a path that easily leads to corruption, demanding tribute instead of accepting a reqard offered as thanks. More often than not a corrupt adventurer is the spark that sets an adolescent on the same path.