- I was just gonna use the names of Videssos and Yezd at least, but figured that by the time all the other players had had their say, our kingdoms are gonna look pretty different from the canonical versions. And that's fine.
- My mental image was that the first event will be more or less as you described: a fancy party where everyone can do some initial mingling. After that, a log in which one of Avshar's goons tries to assassinate someone, but fails. Avshar is forced to flee the city, open war is declared, and the stage is set for various other people to do stuff. Maybe the middle section is the PCs chasing after Avshar as he heads back to Yezd and having encounters on the road with Avshar's lieutenants. Leading into some adventures in Yezd itself, then Avshar's counter attack, where he charges a big army through Videssos, ending in a bigass battle right outside of the capital itself.

I'm open to alternate suggestions for an overall plot structure though.
- Yeah we should probably make a comm