Having cleared it with Squad & Raddue, here's the basic layout for the campaign start:
The above two have been captured by Jahred & Faerin for the theft of a noble family's genealogy tome (magical item that self-updates when members die or are born), and are traveling alongside a merchant caravan through a wooded area that has had reports of bandit attacks. Among the hired guards, is the centaur scout Wahuhi. From there...