Only one tomb, lass. [ he fiddles with the game board for a minute, like he's debating if he's actually going to tell this story or not. ] We all came out of the Claret Orders, but there were too many rules, not enough contracts. It was self-limiting. So we struck out on our own. Went back to the town a few of us came up in. Br-- One of us, her mother lived there, hadn't spoken to her in a few years. A nasty hatchet of a woman, but she had a soft spot for her daughter and when I was a kid she'd let me sleep in her basement if I begged and wheedled enough and it was raining out. We figured, her house was big enough and we could hole up for a while, get our business sorted. Turns out in the time we'd been gone, her mother had managed to get caught playing stupid games with one of the gangs that run the town. The Jagentoth's don't take kindly to games, had her executed and put into their "tomb." Kept the bodies around as a warning.
We hated Reese Jagentoth and we figured the old wretch deserved a proper grave. Besides, she had a habit of hiding her best secrets close. So we robbed it. [ waving a hand. ] The Tombtakers.
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Only one tomb, lass. [ he fiddles with the game board for a minute, like he's debating if he's actually going to tell this story or not. ] We all came out of the Claret Orders, but there were too many rules, not enough contracts. It was self-limiting. So we struck out on our own. Went back to the town a few of us came up in. Br-- One of us, her mother lived there, hadn't spoken to her in a few years. A nasty hatchet of a woman, but she had a soft spot for her daughter and when I was a kid she'd let me sleep in her basement if I begged and wheedled enough and it was raining out. We figured, her house was big enough and we could hole up for a while, get our business sorted. Turns out in the time we'd been gone, her mother had managed to get caught playing stupid games with one of the gangs that run the town. The Jagentoth's don't take kindly to games, had her executed and put into their "tomb." Kept the bodies around as a warning.
We hated Reese Jagentoth and we figured the old wretch deserved a proper grave. Besides, she had a habit of hiding her best secrets close. So we robbed it. [ waving a hand. ] The Tombtakers.