[quote=@VoiD]

... feel free to be liberal with the setting, within reason of course. By that I mean you can whip up any kind of background within the setting, just don't go creating new kingdoms or super advanced technologies or whatever. If your character fits in a fantasy 14th century Europe, you should be good to go! 
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I didn't know if an idea I had would be passable to fit within your restraints, but for my character I was thinking of including a 'Failed Crusade For England' if you think it's appropriate to have had such a thing happen in recent years. A Knights Templar character reeling off of a failed crusade being sent on a quest for the duke of his land is roughly the gist for the character I've been writing up.

If you don't want such a big thing to be added, then I have other angles I can focus on and it's not a problem, but I wanted to pitch it first to see what you thought.