Example - Sandrem/Traveler GitHub Wiki

You see a prophesy about disaster that will be in Silver Castle in the last day of 999 year.

You ask family "Where is Silver Castle" - they don't know this. Your ask "Who knows geography a lot"? They answer "Red Merchant". You ask "Where is Red Merchant?" - they don't know. You ask "Who is Red Merchant?" - they answer that he is a merchant that has a contract to visit your village each 1st of July.

You live as usual, get some skills and knowledge.

When you encounter Red Merchant - he don't want to speak with you until you will buy something. After this - he says that he doesn't know about Silver Castle, but Chief Merchant in Stone City knows geography better. You ask about location of this city - he gives your information like "7 days on horse, West-West-North". You get some information about Chief Merchant too.

You are preparing for travel, get money, horse, food rations.

One day you travel and meet Chief Merchant - and after another request from him - you know that Silver Castle is in another continent, you can get to it only by boat. Using more questions - you know that this is another nation with another language, so you need to study language in university or pay for a translator-ally.

And so on, and so on... a lot of time is passed until you will get enough money and skills, and you will have another problems on your path.