• Your PC starts in West Harbor; small, non-descript hamlet
  
• Several years ago West Harbor was caught in the middle of a massive battle between a entity known as the "King of Shadows" and an unknown opposing force. Your hamlet was almost decimated and would have been if not for a third player in the battle who seemed to come from no where and destroyed both the King of Shadows and his attackers.
  
• Since this third entity did not leave any survivors no one really knows many of the details about the whole event.
  
• Story starts when several strangers come to your village looking for something. It is implied it may have something to do with the defeated King of Shadows.
  
• You start out as a typical commoner. No one really pays much attention to you; you are no more or less special then anyone else in the village and the NPCs react as such.
  
• You need to build your reputation to become/be considered a 'hero'. They do not give any real specifics in the article on how you do so but they state it will not be due to repetitive 'rescue the cat' or 'fed-ex' type quests.