I liked this one. Hope to see more chapters.
@Solipsist
As a DM that likes to diversify, got to say, that I tried that, not max lv, but they had a few lvs (I never liked the lv 1 start as adults).
It went well for some time, they took better jobs and fought stronger enemies, but the diplomacy and role playing was lacking. So, I guess a high level starter party would be better for veterans to play. And in the end, the group died exploring a cave that had natural gas... As I described the smell, they started to joke about farts and some threw a torch ahead to check...