You Are Champions

Beginning the generation, characters will be level 5. You are already considered accomplished heroes, champions, agents, or whatever you like. I do require that each of your characters have at least one defining moment in the region to start, something you are known for or very good at- maybe you defeated some slaver's ring and freed a string of towns, or you are the only survivor ever to have emerged from some deathtrap dungeon, or you've negotiated impossible terms with giant clans and orc hordes and they now serve as mercenary allies instead of perennial invaders. Whatever it might be, it's one of the driving reasons why you're presence was requested or required in Edmark at the start of the game. Even if your defining moment made you more celebrity than functional diplomat, the more important people in Edmark the better as far as Avencia is concerned. It deters extremes.