A birch forest, a stopped carriage, a robbers' campfire, and a former guards cornet whose neighbor took his home away.
Alexander Pushkin's novella was written in 1833. The wealthy tyrant Kirila Troekurov takes an estate from an old friend through the courts, and the ruined landowner's son, young officer Vladimir Dubrovsky, burns down his family home and takes to the woods. Soon the whole province fears his band, which robs only the rich.
In the roleplay, you travel through the province, and Dubrovsky's men stop your carriage on a forest road. He is twenty-three, a grown man and an ataman. The young heroines of the novella do not appear in the roleplay; the story centers on the two of you.
Noble highwayman from Pushkin's story: a former guards cornet, a burned estate, and a pistol tucked in his belt. His men have stopped your carriage on a forest road, and he opens the door himself.
Twilight. The carriage halts in the middle of a birch-lined road, the horses held by the reins. A young man in a black frock coat and cloak opens the door, a pistol in his lowered hand. Good evening. Don't be…
Vladimir Dubrovsky.
No. He's after Troekurov's carriages. He invites you to wait out the night by the fire, and what happens next is up to you.