GM hamfistedly "subverts" tropes

>NEET smite!

You all begin in Duke's dungeon, taken there for questioning for alleged subversive activities at the tavern. Mayhaps you called Duke's mother a whore, or mentioned killing a deer in his forest, or not-so-subtly suggested that he is not, in fact, a kind and generous man who rules the land with honor and admiration of the people. Regardless, someone snitched and you are here in the cell, waiting for the interrogator.

You start at a tavern, but it's still under construction.

Its a freak blizzard in a mediterranean climate. So instead you start in the holding area (aka prison) and you're all freezing your asses off. You're all slave fodder and your owners left you to seek a warm fire. The guards are all huddled in the distance around a small fire, not paying attention. When you make your escape into the hills the sky suddenly clears and you're greeted in the blinding snow by a witch. "Where's Darrell?" she asks. You don't know who that is. She threatens to curse you all and makes an example of one of you. You have to go back and help her lover Darrell escape captivity as well. She glamors herself as a guard who had captured you and forces you back toward the city.

I don't see how the king dying would mean the civil war was over, unless he named the leader of the rebels as his successor for some reason.

You all start in a giger hellscape.

Are you man enough to survive?

>You all start in view of your destination. Each of you have your own reasons for taking this job, whether you wish to share them or not is your own decision.

Bam, done. Skip the setup and throw them right into the adventure. This method is especially effective if you have a player who's the sort retard that makes a lone wolf or is otherwise disruptive at party formation.

>You all begin in Duke's dungeon
You all begin in the Duke's bedchamber..

...the Duke is dead, there's a bloody dagger on the bed, and you hear the guards rushing to the doors. Did you kill him and what are you doing next?

You all start by watching the skeleton king do pic related. As he disappears he laughs and says “you fools are now trapped in this dimension, ha ha ha”

Outside you hear horsehoofs and singing, “what kind of dimension is this” you ponder.