The Wayfarers story: turning trope characters into people news - Wayfarers: Call of Osiris Jack and Leila Dawes explore real Egyptian pyramids and temples and delve into their mythical underworlds to free themselves from an ancient curse. The extensive traversing and fighting may take a toll on their bodies, but even greater is the burden of the dark calamity tearing at their souls... Our storywriter explains how he fleshed out the two main protagonists of Wayfarers. Mar 9th, 2021 [Call of Osiris: “Caught between deities.”] In my previous article, I talked about how I joined the “Old Kingdom” project and began building upon a solid foundation. Adventure-wise, it didn’t take much work: Jack and Leila's path through Egypt was anything but uncharted, and already took them on a winding path across the land, touching many of the well-known sites and leading our heroes deep underground. They got caught up in a war between ancient deities, and were burdened with a 'curse of the Pharaohs'. Cool. So, the main task ahead was to make the characters themselves less of a trope.