D&D Blog Thing

Like my last large campaign the characters do not necessarily know each other before the first session. But instead of choosing between Church, Military, Noble, and Peasant "factions," this time it's just Home and Away. I've picked the wrong names, because the two 'teams' are in no way adversarial. However, I did not want to write the word travelling a million times.

Home
The first focal locale of the campaign will be the totalitarian, theocratic, generally-wealthy city-state of Osalomanse. If you wish to be on the Home team, your character might be:
A cleric(osalo), warlord, fighter, paladin, rogue, or ranger
Human, dwarf, or halfling
Indifferent to Osalo, reverent of him, fearful of him, or one of many people simply enjoying the prosperity brought by his reign. In any case, you can't be openly defiant of him.
An Osalan citizen, or just someone who happened to be there when the events started to occur

Away
You are from one of the troubled towns or villages on a continent far to the south. If you wish to be on the Away team, your character might be:
A fighter, rogue, paladin, warlock, wizard, or ranger.
Any race from the PHB and most races from the MM (p 276!)
You have never heard of Osalo.
You have a lot of leeway in making up details about your origins. These details may end up creating the history, geography, and culture of the Far continent. Welcome to world building!