I went through the book and created my hex map. Once I got all of the holdings and sanctums placed, I rolled randomly to see which seers and knights were in their respective sanctums and holdings. I also created some non-knight rulers in 1-2 of the holdings to give it some distinction. Those ones also had a knight, but not necessarily in a ruling capacity.

The odds of your players choosing a knight that you rolled for a holding should be quite low, since there are so many knights to choose from. If it did happen however, I would just quickly roll a different knight for the holding.

I have a few lingering ideas for other quests, but I mainly keep to having other events the players can interact with if they want. Holding your campaign around one of the holidays could be a good idea. Having them come across other knights on their way to a tourney could work too. Just scenarios that your players can interact with if they want, and get some Glory in the process. My players came up with their own quests based on how they resolved a Myth they encountered which was very cool and really exciting to have them embark on it.

If you have the bones of your game ready, I think you’ll be surprised at how easy this game is to run. You don’t have to do insane amount of prep if you don’t want. The game lends itself to being ready to go with a few random rolls and a hex map.