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located in Valcrest, a part of Shadows of The Forgotten, one of the many universes on RPG.

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Blackpond

A wiry built rogue walked into town.
He was looking around town and tossing a dagger end over end into the air and catching it behind his back without paying attention to whether or not he caught it, yet he did so flawlessly.
While he was looking around town he spotted and inn, his favorite place to ply his trade.
As he walked into the inn the innkeeper ask him simply
"Good day sir can I help you?"
With his rather thick accent the green cloaked and hooded rogue answered with.
"Aye ya can ta be sure. Ya see I have this ability..."
He then opened up his cloak exposing the daggers sheathed around his body and inside the cloak.
"I can make these daggers here sing through the air and cut up any target what is of ya choosing."
The innkeeper wiping the bar top said coolly in reply.
"You're not the first one to make me such an offer what do you have to show me and furthermore what do you expect in return?"

Billy pulled the hood off of his head and tied his hair back into a ponytail.
"See the handle of that mug over there on the shelf against ya lovely wooden wall?"
The innkeeper nodded firmly still eyeing him curiously.
Billy pulled a dagger from his left side with his right hand and threw it, the point of the dagger landed inside the hole between the handle of the mug and the mug itself, not even so much as knicking the glass.
The innkeeper smirked now folding his arms across his chest.
"Just what do you expect in return?"
Billy smiled like a cat that just ate the canary and said
"Well now, if ya bring a crowd and I attract enough numbers all what I'm really looking for is a place ta stay in return for me services."
The innkeeper replied quickly
"Good enough but you'd better attract a crowd."

The innkeeper let the word slip throughout the town that there was a man going to be about town who is a master of the dagger.
How little did he know that this rogue had many more talents than that.
As the numbers filed in everyone was waiting to see one of his fabled dagger tricks when the rogue stood in the midst of them and said
"Aye you'll get your show but first a tale.
This one is one of extreme tragedy so just ya all be keeping ya ears open eh.
Oh and anyone of ya beggars what laugh at this are buying me first ale so listen up and save ya gold."

He then cleared his throat and shook his hair from his face as his tale started.
"There was once this inn ya see and every day about the same time I'd walk in and order three pints of ale.
I sat in the middle seat, would drink me three pint of ale and leave.
This went on everyday for the better part of a fortnight before the innkeeper said ta me
"Beg ya pardon but ya have been in here everyday at the same time for a good piece now and we were wondering why the three ales for?"
I answered him quick with "Well ya see meself and two of me friends made this promise ta each other.
Each day until we heard otherwise, everyday at the same time we'd sit down and have a drink in celebration of each other's lives."
Well this went on for another month or two until one day I walked in only asking for two pints.
Me face was all sober looking..." he then said out of the side of his mouth "now ya know I'm lying."
He then cleared his throat once more and went right back to the story.
"So I'm looking all sober faced and such and as I'm sitting there the innkeeper looks at me all concerned and so is everyone else in the inn.
Finally he says ta me
"Has something happened lad, we're all friends here ya can tell us."
So I countered him with a sob and a shake in me voice.
"Aye something terrible has happened!"
Well now by this time there was not a dry eye in the place when the bartender said, not like I do mind ya because I can't duplicate his accent.
"Well what is it? Tell me and this round of ale is on me."
So I sniffled a bit and wiped a few tears from eyes before saying
"I quit drinking. taday!"

His tale was accompanied by a good deal of laughter and of course someone stepped up to buy him a drink.
Billy patting the man on the shoulder said "Aww thank ya lad ya are a gentleman and a scholar truly."
The bar maid came scooting around the bar just as fast as her feet could carry her and Billy stopped her to get his ale of course.
As she turned to walk away he said simply
"Bless ya love without angels like you drunks like me would nary be able ta stumble over ta their next mug."
The bar maid now firmly about making her rounds.
The next disturbance in the in the inn came about with the sound of two men being hauled back to the innkeeper.
The innkeeper eyed them both warily and said
"Ok what'd they do?"
The crowd that brought the two in said
"They were caught stealing bread from your establishment good sir."
Billy looked over from where he sat and eyed the two men carefully.
They were quite gaunt looking and it was clear with the pittance they were trying to steal they weren't trying to get fat.
Billy looked at the inn keeper and said quickly
"I'll tell ya what I'll give up me place ta stay for the night and do a wee dagger trick ta save the backsides of these lads here.
If I get done what I say I can, ya let them have the bread they were going ta steal plus another loaf a piece eh?"
The inn keeper nodded firmly once more and Billy said with a fiendish smile.
"Alright you lot, line those two up on the wall."
They were put in position and Billy looked both of them saying
"Trust me lads I saw a guy throw these once it'll be fine..."
He then chuckled after patting each one one the shoulder.
"and if it isn't going ta be fine, you'll be the first ones ta know."

Billy threw back his cloak and walked a few feet away from the men.
"Now how do ya suggest these two earn their food ya say?
I've got a plan!"
Noticing the first man was wearing rather baggy clothes he pulled a dagger from his left hand and pinned the loose material of the one man's pants leg to the wall.
He then tossed another dagger end over end into the air and without a moments pause, hurled another dagger into the loose material on his other pants leg.
This was followed by him pinning the man's sleeves to the wall.
The man was pale white,and shaking like a leaf when Billy finally pulled out the daggers from the wall and handed him his original loaf of bread plus another.
He then turned to rest of the patrons of the bar and said
"Alright now, he helped put on a pretty good show. What do ya say about getting an ale for this lad here?"
The second man someone had placed an apple on his head and Billy scoffed.
"Ya insult me putting that big of a target up there. Tell ya what make it a candle put it on the table and I'll take the wick out of it."
The crowd then moved a candlestick into the center of the table and Billy motioned to the one caught thief.
"Move a little ta your left."
The man took a step and Billy signaled "ok" with his fingers.
He then pulled a dagger from his right side with his left hand and launched it cause the dagger to spin sideways end over end cutting the top out of the candle, leaving the wick hanging over the end of the table.
Billy then said
"I must be getting clumsy in me old age eh? But all the same, watch this!"
With that he pulled yet another dagger with his left hand and tossed it end over end into the air.
Still without a pause he threw the dagger and took only the wick out of the candle further causing the dagger to land just a hair from the man's stomach.
He then turned and bowed to the crowd and after making sure the other man was justly compensated Billy walked toward the forest singing "Her name was Lola but I called her Rose. That broke her heart, then she broke me nose."