It all looked so good in my head.

But the players don't get to see in my head so I decided it wasn't going to work out as well as I thought. Which, like anything sucessful, meant restructuring. So I wrote down the direction I wanted the main plotline to take, then I wrote down what I had and started to link them all together.
Now, admitidly, I've never done a campaign like this. I usually have a good starting point figured out and then just run with it from there. We also, as a group, NEVER have premade treasure which slows the action down so much.

I did decide that in the world this is all taking place magic is a grand and powerful thing, like most places. However, here, the bad guys have the resources to hunt down and kill any magic users that aren't on their side. Shhhh the Players don't know that, they aren't from this plane of existance. =D
I know, I'm evil.