Campaign Idea

OK, so I'm going to start writing a campaign, I already have the concept for the characters and their role, as well as ideas for a major and a minor NPC.

The Concept
The Player Characters (PCs) are members of the town guard. The town - Parle. Due to the nature of the concept I'm going to run it as an episodic campaign with reoccurring characters - basically a fantasy crime drama with magic. This basic setting allows for 3-5 PCs, explainable character absences and an extensive variety of quests.

The First Quest
The first quest is going to be an introduction into the roles, and not overtly connected to the main story arc - mainly because I'm yet to decide on it. The hook is simple: first there has been a murder in Parle and the team must find out whodunnit. From there it will progress through a number of clues and subsequent murders. At the same time (approx after the 2nd or 3rd murder) they will be given a second case - a Wizard has gone missing. innoccuous enough, but the two are actually connected, the wizard (who runs a potion and magic shop) has tried to make a potion and got the recipe wrong (or the recipe has been switched) and has been turned into a [insert monster of appropriate level and scariness]. Track, Kill/Capture, Kudos and Reward.

While it sounds like I've got it all worked out, its still very much in the planning stages! Although I have pretty much got the Wizard's shop mapped out (pictures to follow soon). I may reverse the order of the cases and: have the wizards shop broken into (or rather: out of) and the Wizard missing; then when they return to the Captain's office they are told of the murder.

The NPC's
Captain Albrin Weller
The Captain of the Parle Guard
not got much of his character worked out yet, but thats my next priority.

The Wizard
Again, next priority... I promise!