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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eris404" data-source="post: 1664620" data-attributes="member: 5338">Start with the NPC nobles and really think about their personalities and goals. Each of these people wants something, whether it's to have unrequited love finally realized or to kill the king and take the throne. No goal is too small or too great. Then "map" these NPCs: establish the major allegiances, friendships, animosities, jealousies, rivalries, partnerships, whatever. From this you can start to see how the nobles can manipulate each other or form secret alliances, each ally working to towards the same goal for different reasons. No one person (especially any of the PCs) should know everything that is going on between these nobles, though certain servants, bards, spies, etc., might know more than most. Keep a timeline for the various plots and make sure they move forward and change over time, even if the PCs never hear about them directly. Once you have these plots set up, it's easy to insert the poor PCs into the mix to be used as pawns by various nobles. Many adventures might take place to accomplish a goal for a noble that will give him or her an edge against a rival or simply get the PCs out of the way while for a time. The PCs themselves might make enemies of other knights who are competing with them for honor, prestige, land, gold, magic, whatever.I hope that's what you're looking for. Let us know what happens regardless.</blockquote>