Magic and Misrule

They're only badass by accident... Vola might be new to this whole adventuring thing, but she's pretty sure it shouldn't be going this way. No one at her academy wanted an orc graduating as a paladin, so they've sent her to the back end of nowhere, hoping she'll never find a quest good enough to earn her shield. But Vola's got divine help, and even a laughingstock of a goddess is better than nothing. Armed with a new mission to find some missing townspeople somewhere in the swamp, Vola just needs a team to help her track them down. Beggars can't be choosers but couldn't her goddess have sent her at least one competent fighter? Is Vola enough of a paladin to keep an over-enthusiastic halfling, a clutzy spell caster, and a mysterious backstabber alive long enough to track down the missing people? Maybe, but only if the swamp doesn't eat them all first.