The town crier looks you up and down. She takes a long sniff of the air, as if she can smell that you aren’t from around here. Maybe it’s the way you’re dressed. Maybe it’s your curious nature. At any rate, for the right price, she’ll tell you all about the denizens of Andante.
‘The Misty Marionettes’
“‘Ay there, laddy! Would you care to come aboard? We’re need help with some hard labor. Would you care to lend us gals your muscle?” An hour later… “Those boys were just as gullible as the last! Pass me another bottle!” The Medial Sea and the rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes that it connects to are a prime source of transportation for many denizens of the Ring. Traveling by boat is much less expensive than hailing a Darter to get around, plus boats are better suited to hauling heavy cargo. Many of the most prosperous city states in the Ring…
‘The Covetous’
“What does they covet, you ask? Simple. Whatever it is you’ve got that they want. Might be your wife. Could be your kid, even the clothes off your back. Whatever it is they want, they take, and once they take it, it’s theirs. You don’t get it back unless you take it back. Easier said than done most of the time.” The Outer Ring is home to many a bandit camp and marauder tribe. Off in the East, the Covetous are among the most notorious of these groups. Led by a giant of a man called Snatch, the Covetous roam…
‘The Rat Pack’
“The rat pack? What? Oh! You mean my little monsters. Right. Well, this is like a social experiment, but then it’s also a charity foundation. Whatever you want to call it, it’s one of those things where we all win and then we get to walk home feeling like a jar full of lightning bugs. No? OK. Bathtub full of gasoline. Still? I give up. Moving on.” “Why do they worship a rat? Good question. I guess it was just one of those cause and effect things. The first kid I saved was lonely. One day I came back with…
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