How bout this scenario, Your walking up some mountain trail when all of a sudden you see a travelling merchant running towards you, and says something like " Don't go up that path! My merchant caravan was attacked by some monstrous creature. It destroyed my caravan and killed my horse but I was lucky enough to escape."
Then he tells you there was something of value that the creature took away with him. If you get it back he will reward you. So you start up the trail and start to see pieces of broken wood and junk scattered along the trail, which eventually leads you to some cave , and you quicksave before you enter cause you know your probably going to die. And then you die and say "screw this quest it's to hard i'll come back when im stronger" .