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Chapter 8 mid way down: took this from the Adventurers guild line as he went 'kill them all' then just rambled along and made things worse and I really need to watch what I am doing after dinner. I find the later in the evening it gets the more antagonistic I can get. SOME of this is useful, but the time periods are off and I really alienated the love interest here.
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"Oh about the time your large friend came up with the idea of robbing merchants then selling the stolen goods to the mage. As if he would not be able to learn how you came by such goods. We collectors tend to keep a close eye on the sources of items. Though from what I hear from you gentalmen, I do not think I would trust you enough to hirer you for such a job. Thieves have their place, this is true. But merchants are hard working people and don't need to have their throats cut just because you want their goods." he states, having a hard time maintaining his accent as the one in his head wants to play arabian nights on him. (ie bad arabic accent, something from disney)
The big man grunts, "Then get out. Your obviously not a member of the guild so you got no business here."
Frowning, "Ah stupid to. Interesting. Not everyone who comes here works for your guild little man. Some come here looking to hire people to, or how do you think job offers arrive, out of thin air perhaps ?"
Several of the others chuckle at the obvious foriegner, though most agree with him. Jobs come from people who come to hire them. Some jobs are legitimate, some are not. Collectors are not an uncommon type job either. All kinds of people collect all kinds of things. The poorer ones seek their collections on thier own. The richer ones hirer people to get things for them. Some rival types even hire others to steal items from their rivals. Others, like this one, are more honest about it. All these here know that and understand this one would not knowingly buy stolen goods. Still if he is snooping around, then he is likely both new to how things are done here, and likely trying to get a feel for the people whom he would be hiring before doing business with the guild. Or he is foolish enough to think to get around the guild masters and try to hire them with out going through the guild. That almost never works and certainly never with anyone this nieve.
One of the group, not liking this fat man, goes and reports him to the guild masters. How he is snooping around and seems to be looking to hire people with out going through the guild.
This gets the large man escorted, under guard, to the Guild master himself, so he can Explain things to him.
In the guild masters office, the unusually calm man faces the Master of the Guild, a huge wall of muscle and completely lacking in humor.
GM, "So you thought you could just hire people with out going through Us did you."
"Actually we tried going through your group earlier. But the ones who showed up ended up attacking the master and accusing him of treason to a foriegn power of which he never had any allience of before. So my master sent me to try and learn more about the ones who showed up for the interview. To see if they all held similar views or if it was just a smaller group. What I learned are some of those who came would happily murder others then try to sell items they killed for to my master. Had that happened, he would be most displeased and they would likely find themselves in a very bad situation."
The guild master scoffs, "Oh and why is that ?"
"My master works for Ramsey's. Directly answers to him. One of his jobs is to put such people in to deep dark holes and make sure they never see the light of day again." he explains.
The GM comes to a stop, there are a few such people in the pharaohs employ. Some are minor officials, others are ones it is dangerous to cross. This big man is not giving much away. Of coures he could just silence this one. One minor official, snooping where he is not wanted. He doubts anyone will miss this fat fool.
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As a signal the guards try to jump the fat man, weapons drawn. The fat man moves with a speed and grace that belies his size, draws his own weapon and easily dispatches the guild master and his guards. Sighing he pulls out a small mirror and calls the palace, "Clean Up Isle 10" he states then gives his location. The code tells the people there that someone did something stupid and the most dangerous man in all Kemet had to kill them. Now they need to come clean up the mess he made. He explains how he came there in disguise to learn about some people he was thinking of hiring, only for the Guild Master to decide that his snooping warrented him to be made 'missing' and tried to have him killed. He submitted to having a truth spell placed on him so his story could be verified. (not that such actually works on him. But no one has figured that out yet.)
While they are investigating the guild they come to find out it's the cover for a Thieves and Assassin Guild to. Which is why the Guild Master was so intent on making anyone snooping around disappear.
Now not everyone in the guild knew about the other two 'specialty guilds' here. They knew their were specialist sure, but not about what they specialized IN.
Needless to say, that particular guild ceased to exist. It was not the only such guild around though.
Adventurer guilds in this time and place are pretty much worker contractors, warriors, mages and such needing work contract through such places and most do honest things. From guards to research, to finding lost things and even recovery of persons or merchandise.
Collectors always look for competent people to help them expand their holdings and more such occupations.
When Ramsey's hears about what happened, he just nodded and let it go. He has come to understand about the Luck Robert has and how if there is trouble or a conspiricy or anything dangerous, he is the one likely to walk in to it and make things happen. Sometimes Just because he walked in or By such a place. Its really one reason he helped set up the magic call system with Roberts code words in it 'clean up on isle and a number to tell what sort of mess he made 'today'. Anything from slavers, to monsters, to murder, or more than likely, He killed someone cause they did something stupid and he defended himself. He knows from talking to and seeing him spar, that Robert is as competent a warrior as he is a mage. It was his own generals who dubbed Robert the most dangerous man in Kemet. He agree's and is happy he is loyal to Kemet to.
It is a few days later that Ramsey's while talking with a mildly depressed Robert, came to find out that all happened cause he was trying to learn about a girl that a goddess told him looked like a good match for him romatically. She is smart, good warrior, and like him a collector of magical devices. She lacks the Knack but is smart enough to have learned how to research things and how to check for enchantments with out resorting to magic.
The Pharaoh agreed she sounded like a good match alright. Robert even went on to say she was pretty to, but because of all the excitement and everything he lost track of her and does not know where she got to, save she left the city.
This is when Ramsey's learns that Ellan is a noble amoung her people and while she is friendly with Robert he does not know how long their relationship can last do to her family obligations and such. He has learned that Robert has two main sides. Confidence in his skills and magic but lacking in that when it comes to women and romance. He actually finds that to be a bit of a comfort as it makes him more human in his eyes. For all his vaunted power, Robert is a very human person as well as one of the nicest people he has ever met. Full of advice and wonder and really wanting to make the people here better than anyone else in the modern world. Teaching so much, secrets not only of the other races but things his own people found that make life easier. Wind and water mills, plumbing, running water, innerspring mattresses (that one took a bit to do and only the wealthy can afford them, but they are nice. = the secret to them is he conjured one from the bracelet. Then took it apart to see how it was made, once he knew that is was not to hard to craft them on his own.)