If you play much table top D&D you'd be surprised at the amount of adventure one can find by going to a tavern looking for work. :P
Part of the wonder of D&D is most of the time you come in as a nobody, perhaps you have an interesting backstory that leads to some very interesting side quests, but relatively speaking you are nothing special at the start, but adventure after adventure through twists and turn you become somebody who makes a difference in some cases you may even become a god, but that's not always the end. Sometimes that's just the beginning of your next big adventure.
