The trip was uneventful … an I arrived in tha magical city oh Silvery Moon. My first priority was ta get a feel fer tha place .. I made contact with a few beggars an got em working fer me .. tis amazing how much information a few gold can buy… I got hold oh a map an had a look round .. tha place seems prime fer a strong band .. there be wealth every ware .. just waitin fer me ta take it.
I hit some oh the custom shops … HAR !! … but I thought the deep had grand shops … these shops were so full oh themselves .. they charged ya gold just ta see there wares …. I paid da gold an see magic fer sale that I had only erd oh in rumors … the leather workers are the best ive seen .. the black smith an jewelers far surpass anything that I got from da deep … an ta think I thought I ad da best oh every thing .. within a ten day I spent most me coin on new gear .. but twas gold well spent.
Running low on coin I decide ta get ta work .. tha beggars told me all tha sell swords be hangin out in a tavern called da Bright Blade Brandishing … an they was right … it didn’t take me but a few days ta find a group oh adventure seekers … an they welcomed me in… tha leader oh da band was a sniff oh a boy called Eskuril .. a local to tha city wit a house near by… there was a human savage from the frozen north an a dwarven priest named Rugnar… they was looking fer a book or some such .. I was looking fer some gold so I joined up wit em.
Going was slow an I was getting impatient .. tha first few weeks they made little progress … an I made no gold .. I decided ta do some solo work .. ta hold me over… I hit about 10 houses .. but found no gold .. there were things ta steal .. but I didn’t have a fence in da city .. silver cups an art work takes up space … I needed ta find me a fence .. even this city must ave one… I put tha word out wit da beggars .. an continued searching fer gold ..
One night .. I spot Eskuril an some halfling walkin twards da cemetery .. .I decide ta follow an see what there about… I find me a good spot in da shadows an watch em fer a few hours .. as they go from tomb ta tomb .. looking fer something… on there way out da bloody half man spots me an levels a cross bow at me chest…. I walk out da shadows greeting Eskuril … he tells tha bloody child ta put da crossbow down … the bastard wouldn’t put it down .. an started to call me names an threatin me .. I gave em two chances ..then told em ta put it down .. or I would kill him .. he still wouldn’t… HAR !!! but the bloody child man has some stones … I almost draw steel an kill em right there .. but being a strange city I stay me hand .. I decide I can pay this one back later .. so I laugh at da goblin an tell em I will kill him one day .. then I walk away… the maggots name be Anton .. an im gona enjoy gutting em.
Finally .. I make contact wit da local guild … an twas not a pleasant meeting .. the bloke I meet be a halfling/gnome/goblin mix .. an I hate em … it takes every thing I got in me not ta draw steel an kill em .. he wit dis dwarf that’s all scarred up an favors a pole arm ..they seem full oh themselves an look at me like im a green pad on me first job .. I think they are fools … an can not see meself ever trusting em … but I play der game … just ta see were it takes me… they tell me the rules oh there city .. an fill me in on some things I didn’t know … seems they be interested in dat book the bloke Eskuril is after .. an be offering a full membership an gold ta get it fer em…. Seems I got a reason ta be finding dat book now.
I join back wit da hunters oh da book .. an elp em as best I can .. they gots a good lead an we go ta vestigate it .. seems there be a house built over top an old crypt … an the book may be down there … blast but I hate da undead… we enter da crypt threw a trap door .. an wit me in da lead start our search .. tis slow going an we encounter some walkin dead .. but are band is solid an they don’t pose much oh a problem… we come to a massive door at da end oh this hall .. an inside be da biggest skeleton I ever seen …blasted thing was three times da size oh a man .. da bloke Esk thinks he can control it wit dis ring oh his .. an enters .. brandishing his ring .. the rest oh us await em in da hall…. HAR !!! .. seems the fool was wrong .. an da thing attacks em .. he flees to tha hall an it follows .. I watch tha thing cut em down .. the last I see oh tha band is Esk laying in a puddle oh blood .. an the others trying to fight it… I run as fast as I can out oh there … an don’t look back.
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I make it up tha trap door … and am calming me nerves wit a bottle oh rot gut .. the owner oh tha house asks about the others .. I tell em there proly all dead by now .. I decide to wait there for em ta see ifin any make it out… I walk out to tha jakes ta relive meself when who shows up but two fools from the local guild … demanding the book and information… I call em fools an tell em ta never approach me again in public .. tha one gets all puffed up an I almost got ta kill em … by Umberlees rotten loins these blokes are fools .. finally I get rid oh em an go back to watching tha trap door for the hunters oh tha book.
About an hour later I hear a noise coming from the trap door .. I draw steel an hit da shadows waiting ta see what comes out .. tha first on out is tha dwarf Rugnar .. a bit bloodied .. then the savage … he looks all but dead… then to me amazement .. tha boy Eskuril climbs out … I ask em how he still breathes .. as I seen em get cut down … his response is vague … the savage an dwarf are not happy wit me fer leaving em … I stand me ground an tell em im not gona die over no book like some fool … Esk comes to me aid an says he dosent hold it against me .. not many men would stand against that…. The others are still not happy but let it drop.
We break up fer the night an I make contact wit da guild .. an tell em plainly not to ever interfere wit me work again … but they are so full oh themselves they don’t listen .. an soon almost ruin the whole job… bloody fools.
About a week later Esk has a lead wit one oh tha local temples .. an tha group heads to gather information .. along the way this bloke steps out oh the shadows an gets me attention .. tis the bloody guild again !!! … I motion for em ta leave but he wont .. an says he must talk to me … so I sneak away from the group to see what he has ta say … an the fool has nothing important to tell me .. I ask em if every one in this guild is a fool or just most oh em .. that gets em all red in tha face an sputtering .. then the bastard gets spotted by tha group … as they walk over he flees leaving the group wit a lot oh stupid questions fer me I don’t feel like answering … I can no work like this .. bloody amateurs they be … I gots ta take a leave oh this place … tis time ta head back home to da deep.
I let da group know im gona be gone fer a while ..tell em I got maters to attend in da deep .. an jump tha next boat out oh there.
Back in da deep things are good again .. im working plenty an tha gold be flowing .. one night while out drinkin wit me mates I stager inta tha dagger .. when who do I see but the maggot Anton .. HAR !! .. I cast em an evil grin knowing it wont be long now till I kill em … so what does tha bloody fool do .. he stands on top oh a table an starts insulting me … in my city !!! … the whole tavern be laughing at me an I don’t know what ta say .. that’s it .. he dies tonight !!! .. I walk out tha taver to tha sound oh me being insulted … im so mad im shaking … I hit a few alleys an set some traps fer tha maggot … they I watch tha tavern.
I spot em walking out in the early morning … I down a pot oh invisibility an start stalking em … the bastard spots me anyway an starts running .. HAR!!! But this is gona be good … I give chase an almost have em in me grasp when he hits me with this sticky ball ..tha ball explodes on me and I cant move .. im frozen like a statue … bloody hells .. he could oh gutted me right then an there but he kept running … not only did he make a fool oh me in tha tavern … he made a fool oh me on tha street … ive got ta kill this bloke .. I can no live wit me self until I do.
Over tha next few weeks .. I stalk em at least a hunnerd times .. every time I get close ta killin em .. he would sence it and hit a public place .. or find a guard .. an insult me tha whole time he was doing it…. I never thought a bloody goblin like him could make me look so bad .. an me brothers were starting ta question me skills .. the last time I see tha bloke in da deep .. was outside dis tavern .. calling me names a walking round like he owns the city .. twas nothing I could do to em then … there were guards everyware an witnases … I walked away to get drunk but that didn’t elp me mood .. I erd later that night he left fer tha sword coast .. tha only thing fer me ta do was follow em .. I could not let this bloke live.
Jarlen was amused wit tha whole thing .. he put a bounty on his head oh 1000 coins .. I gots ta kill em before me brothers do … I can no lose face like dis … what kinda killer am I ifin I cant bring down one maggot like Anton.
About an hour later I hear a noise coming from the trap door .. I draw steel an hit da shadows waiting ta see what comes out .. tha first on out is tha dwarf Rugnar .. a bit bloodied .. then the savage … he looks all but dead… then to me amazement .. tha boy Eskuril climbs out … I ask em how he still breathes .. as I seen em get cut down … his response is vague … the savage an dwarf are not happy wit me fer leaving em … I stand me ground an tell em im not gona die over no book like some fool … Esk comes to me aid an says he dosent hold it against me .. not many men would stand against that…. The others are still not happy but let it drop.
We break up fer the night an I make contact wit da guild .. an tell em plainly not to ever interfere wit me work again … but they are so full oh themselves they don’t listen .. an soon almost ruin the whole job… bloody fools.
About a week later Esk has a lead wit one oh tha local temples .. an tha group heads to gather information .. along the way this bloke steps out oh the shadows an gets me attention .. tis the bloody guild again !!! … I motion for em ta leave but he wont .. an says he must talk to me … so I sneak away from the group to see what he has ta say … an the fool has nothing important to tell me .. I ask em if every one in this guild is a fool or just most oh em .. that gets em all red in tha face an sputtering .. then the bastard gets spotted by tha group … as they walk over he flees leaving the group wit a lot oh stupid questions fer me I don’t feel like answering … I can no work like this .. bloody amateurs they be … I gots ta take a leave oh this place … tis time ta head back home to da deep.
I let da group know im gona be gone fer a while ..tell em I got maters to attend in da deep .. an jump tha next boat out oh there.
Back in da deep things are good again .. im working plenty an tha gold be flowing .. one night while out drinkin wit me mates I stager inta tha dagger .. when who do I see but the maggot Anton .. HAR !! .. I cast em an evil grin knowing it wont be long now till I kill em … so what does tha bloody fool do .. he stands on top oh a table an starts insulting me … in my city !!! … the whole tavern be laughing at me an I don’t know what ta say .. that’s it .. he dies tonight !!! .. I walk out tha taver to tha sound oh me being insulted … im so mad im shaking … I hit a few alleys an set some traps fer tha maggot … they I watch tha tavern.
I spot em walking out in the early morning … I down a pot oh invisibility an start stalking em … the bastard spots me anyway an starts running .. HAR!!! But this is gona be good … I give chase an almost have em in me grasp when he hits me with this sticky ball ..tha ball explodes on me and I cant move .. im frozen like a statue … bloody hells .. he could oh gutted me right then an there but he kept running … not only did he make a fool oh me in tha tavern … he made a fool oh me on tha street … ive got ta kill this bloke .. I can no live wit me self until I do.
Over tha next few weeks .. I stalk em at least a hunnerd times .. every time I get close ta killin em .. he would sence it and hit a public place .. or find a guard .. an insult me tha whole time he was doing it…. I never thought a bloody goblin like him could make me look so bad .. an me brothers were starting ta question me skills .. the last time I see tha bloke in da deep .. was outside dis tavern .. calling me names a walking round like he owns the city .. twas nothing I could do to em then … there were guards everyware an witnases … I walked away to get drunk but that didn’t elp me mood .. I erd later that night he left fer tha sword coast .. tha only thing fer me ta do was follow em .. I could not let this bloke live.
Jarlen was amused wit tha whole thing .. he put a bounty on his head oh 1000 coins .. I gots ta kill em before me brothers do … I can no lose face like dis … what kinda killer am I ifin I cant bring down one maggot like Anton.
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My hunt fer da maggot is not going well ….. I search tha sword coast fer weeks wit no luck … I gots plenty oh leads bu can no find em … seems the bastard be spreadin tales bout me all up an down da coast … an me name be a joke wherever hes been … yet another reason fer me ta dead em .. finally I gots a good lead .. I erd e fled to Cormyr .. an I was soon ta follow.
In Cormyr I searched an searched but tha trail grew cold … with frustration I was getting ready to head back to da deep a failure … when I came upon a great woodsman .. a true ranger oh da realms that agreed to help me find dis bloke…. I told tha ranger I was hunting a killer oh women and children .. a real savage evil bloke … hells .. I barley got da lies out oh me mouth afore tha ranger was swearing his sword an bow to me cause .. wit luck .. tha maggot would be dead afore the ranger could find out da truth.
I learned a lot from dis bloke .. he new da wilds like da back oh his hand … da trails .. da tribes oh monsters .. da safe places .... an I be always an eager student .. I started ta like tha bloke … aye he was all “good” an “pure” … but I could look past that most da time … an I found me time wit em was well spent … I regretted how it ended … bu twas something I had ta get used to .. fer every thing I ever liked ends badly it seems.
We was at one oh are regular campsites .. resting fer da night .. we were still looking fer Anton .. bu da time an distance cooled me fury a good deal .. an I was starting to like da freedom oh livin in tha wilds wit dis ranger … I could almost see me givin up da city life fer it .. an was starting to think just that when dis dwarf stumbled across our site .. he greeted us wit hand out to his sides away from his weapons .. sos we invited em ta share our fire… within a few moments he had his gear stashed an was settled around da fire fer a night oh tall tales .. bu we never got past our introductions.
Once tha dwarf heard me name .. he spit is ale out across da fire an howled in laughter … he told me he had heard all bout me on da sword coast .. asked me what it was like buggering goblins an orcs .. da ranger came to me aid an told the dwarf ta stop insulting me .. ba da fool would no stop … I sat there saying nothing .. murder blazing on me mind….. The dwarf kept on wit his insults … then started to tell da ranger tha e could no believe nothing I say .. an tha I was a pathetic liar .. e never finished his sentence .. ina rage I lept across tha fire an sunk me dagger into his heart.
Wit out thinking .. I cleaned me dagger on da dwarfs cloak an started searchin em fer swag .. when I noticed da ranger standing up .. sword drawn wit a look oh horror on is face…. I stood up real slow like an faced em .. told em tha fool had it coming fer talking oh me that way. Da ranger said I murdered em .. an that he would take me to the first outpost an turn me in…. I told em I could no let em do that .. insisted the bloke had it coming an told em to not let it come between us … but he would no hear any oh it … he told me to draw steel or lay on da ground sos he could tie me up … I asked em one last time to let it pass … told em I wanted no troubles wit em … an I would leave his camp never to return .. bu he would no listen .. an started advancing on me.
I new I could never match the ranger blade fer blade .. I had seen em fight to many times … and .. I new I could not let myself get turned into the purple dragons .. sos I had one option left to me …. Escape.
I grabbed a scroll I keep in me belt fer just this kindo situation ….. and read da symbol on it .. darkness covered da camp … I lept to da left an then headed out oh camp running at full speed … I had a good lead on da ranger .. an da chances oh him catchin me were very slim … then I heard em shout … “ Mashan .. I will hunt you down were ever you flee and bring you to justice” … by all da hells .. twas only one thing fer me ta do now .. and I bloody well didn’t wana do it.
I spent tha next few days picking my battleground .. finding the perfect spot … an laying out me ambush… once I was satisfied I went out searchin fer da ranger…. He was a smart one though .. I had ta take this one careful like .. once I found em .. I acted like I didn’t sees em .. an let em see me … I then slowly snuck to me trap … makin sure I made a bit oh noise .. or silhouetted me self against the moon .. little things .. but enough that tha ranger could see me .. an think I was tryin not ta be seen… as I let em into me trap I rounded a corner and hit da shadows fer real … back tracked right past da ranger and laid some traps at da entrance to me ambush .. sos he couldn’t get away fer cheap.
Once tha was done .. it was time fer tha second part oh me plan .. an da riskiest … I snuck back up on da ranger .. an pulled another scroll out .. read da symbol an cast da spell on em .. it worked … da ranger was froze were he stood .. twas all over but the deadin now…. I rushed up to em an stuck me blades in his back .. by umberlees rotten tit !!! .. I missed me mark an he still lives … I hurt em bad .. but no bad enough .. I turn to run afore me spell wears off .. but am a bit to slow .. tha ranger spins an slashes me side … tha wound is deep an feels like me side is on fire … I hurry away as fast as I can .. but da ranger is right there .. on top oh me .. he is much faster then me .. at my fastest pace he can catch me easy ….. ifin he gets me afore I get to me traps .. ima dead man …
I avoid many boulders an trees on me way an make it to the entrance oh me ambush .. wit da ranger right on me tail … tha traps start hitting em but not really hurting em … twas not till me last trap .. a good ole tangle trap .. he got his feet stuck an I got some breathing room from em .. I drank to potions real fast … one of healing .. and one of invisibility .. an headed back to tha ranger to finish my work... with him tangled .. an not able to see me .. It was not hard to dead em … an tha proud ranger oh Cormyr fell.
I buried tha bloke wit full respect .. an even gave some prayers up to me gods fer em … I wish it could oh ended better .. as I did like tha fool … the next day leave for tha deep .. all but givin up on Anton.
In Cormyr I searched an searched but tha trail grew cold … with frustration I was getting ready to head back to da deep a failure … when I came upon a great woodsman .. a true ranger oh da realms that agreed to help me find dis bloke…. I told tha ranger I was hunting a killer oh women and children .. a real savage evil bloke … hells .. I barley got da lies out oh me mouth afore tha ranger was swearing his sword an bow to me cause .. wit luck .. tha maggot would be dead afore the ranger could find out da truth.
I learned a lot from dis bloke .. he new da wilds like da back oh his hand … da trails .. da tribes oh monsters .. da safe places .... an I be always an eager student .. I started ta like tha bloke … aye he was all “good” an “pure” … but I could look past that most da time … an I found me time wit em was well spent … I regretted how it ended … bu twas something I had ta get used to .. fer every thing I ever liked ends badly it seems.
We was at one oh are regular campsites .. resting fer da night .. we were still looking fer Anton .. bu da time an distance cooled me fury a good deal .. an I was starting to like da freedom oh livin in tha wilds wit dis ranger … I could almost see me givin up da city life fer it .. an was starting to think just that when dis dwarf stumbled across our site .. he greeted us wit hand out to his sides away from his weapons .. sos we invited em ta share our fire… within a few moments he had his gear stashed an was settled around da fire fer a night oh tall tales .. bu we never got past our introductions.
Once tha dwarf heard me name .. he spit is ale out across da fire an howled in laughter … he told me he had heard all bout me on da sword coast .. asked me what it was like buggering goblins an orcs .. da ranger came to me aid an told the dwarf ta stop insulting me .. ba da fool would no stop … I sat there saying nothing .. murder blazing on me mind….. The dwarf kept on wit his insults … then started to tell da ranger tha e could no believe nothing I say .. an tha I was a pathetic liar .. e never finished his sentence .. ina rage I lept across tha fire an sunk me dagger into his heart.
Wit out thinking .. I cleaned me dagger on da dwarfs cloak an started searchin em fer swag .. when I noticed da ranger standing up .. sword drawn wit a look oh horror on is face…. I stood up real slow like an faced em .. told em tha fool had it coming fer talking oh me that way. Da ranger said I murdered em .. an that he would take me to the first outpost an turn me in…. I told em I could no let em do that .. insisted the bloke had it coming an told em to not let it come between us … but he would no hear any oh it … he told me to draw steel or lay on da ground sos he could tie me up … I asked em one last time to let it pass … told em I wanted no troubles wit em … an I would leave his camp never to return .. bu he would no listen .. an started advancing on me.
I new I could never match the ranger blade fer blade .. I had seen em fight to many times … and .. I new I could not let myself get turned into the purple dragons .. sos I had one option left to me …. Escape.
I grabbed a scroll I keep in me belt fer just this kindo situation ….. and read da symbol on it .. darkness covered da camp … I lept to da left an then headed out oh camp running at full speed … I had a good lead on da ranger .. an da chances oh him catchin me were very slim … then I heard em shout … “ Mashan .. I will hunt you down were ever you flee and bring you to justice” … by all da hells .. twas only one thing fer me ta do now .. and I bloody well didn’t wana do it.
I spent tha next few days picking my battleground .. finding the perfect spot … an laying out me ambush… once I was satisfied I went out searchin fer da ranger…. He was a smart one though .. I had ta take this one careful like .. once I found em .. I acted like I didn’t sees em .. an let em see me … I then slowly snuck to me trap … makin sure I made a bit oh noise .. or silhouetted me self against the moon .. little things .. but enough that tha ranger could see me .. an think I was tryin not ta be seen… as I let em into me trap I rounded a corner and hit da shadows fer real … back tracked right past da ranger and laid some traps at da entrance to me ambush .. sos he couldn’t get away fer cheap.
Once tha was done .. it was time fer tha second part oh me plan .. an da riskiest … I snuck back up on da ranger .. an pulled another scroll out .. read da symbol an cast da spell on em .. it worked … da ranger was froze were he stood .. twas all over but the deadin now…. I rushed up to em an stuck me blades in his back .. by umberlees rotten tit !!! .. I missed me mark an he still lives … I hurt em bad .. but no bad enough .. I turn to run afore me spell wears off .. but am a bit to slow .. tha ranger spins an slashes me side … tha wound is deep an feels like me side is on fire … I hurry away as fast as I can .. but da ranger is right there .. on top oh me .. he is much faster then me .. at my fastest pace he can catch me easy ….. ifin he gets me afore I get to me traps .. ima dead man …
I avoid many boulders an trees on me way an make it to the entrance oh me ambush .. wit da ranger right on me tail … tha traps start hitting em but not really hurting em … twas not till me last trap .. a good ole tangle trap .. he got his feet stuck an I got some breathing room from em .. I drank to potions real fast … one of healing .. and one of invisibility .. an headed back to tha ranger to finish my work... with him tangled .. an not able to see me .. It was not hard to dead em … an tha proud ranger oh Cormyr fell.
I buried tha bloke wit full respect .. an even gave some prayers up to me gods fer em … I wish it could oh ended better .. as I did like tha fool … the next day leave for tha deep .. all but givin up on Anton.
......... Im sorry , I didnt think you wanted your gold the way you let it hang in that pouch
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