[quote=“Ryan Paddy”]If the characters are all from the same small village then family ties will probably be important. Small medieval villages probably consisted of a number of somewhat interbred families. Just pointing that out because going refugeeing with your father-in-law, your sister, and your husband/cousin is also not the “adventuring” norm either.
It might also be helpful to establish the nature of the village. Is it perhaps a remote hamlet (i.e. a village which mostly raises pigs), or a small farming town under a local lord at manor? Or maybe a seaside village with more fishermen than farmers. Knowing who owns what will effect social relations and their breakdown in the plague chaos. Even if there are no gentry about, there might perhaps be serfs who work the land.[/quote]
Lots of things to consider, I also thought they may be survivors from half a dozen different villages who had banded together for survival.
Bryn.