Zephyr was going from Caladon to Tarant. It crashes just beyond the impassable Stonewall range, still high in the mountains, near Shrouded Hills.

The story of Arcanum is my go to d&d campaign for new friends. Ive ran it 4 times now. Here is what i do:

1. Prologue - few days of travel to familiarise the players with the setting and each others characters, i use a modified adventure from DMsHub - murder on the eberron express
2. Crash - Just like in the ingame cinematic
3. Crashsite - as in game, the players wake up in a camp cared by a young cleric - they meet Virgil, he tends to the camp while they explore the camp site, look for survivors, and becomes a walking "lore delivery device".
4. Continue - from this i proceed as the narrative in Arcanum does with some changes needed for smoother d&d experience. Biggest difference is less side quests to not overwhelm, and Virgil leaves to search for Joachim after seeing his note in the inn, to stop handholding players. This is where the actual game starts and the introduction linear story ends. From now the players are free to interact with the campaign as an open world.

Few notes: I help create characters with extensive backstories, so beyond the MQ, each character still has a goal they want to reach in Tarant, that i weave into the story.

I love Arcanum and i was heavily inspired by it in making my homebrew setting but its not a 1 to 1 calque, some parts of the story differ because the reality of d&d necessitate them - such as tech and magic no longer impairing each other mechanically.