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I push the cracked oak wood tavern door open. Eyes sweep across the room falling on me. Wearing a dark hood and cloak concealing all but my piercing ice blue eyes and half of my nose. My wide chest, wiry arms, thick legs and my two swords also hidden away underneath my cloak. I’ve been growing my beard out, short cropped it isn’t much to deal with. The tavern is laid thick with the scents of; stale alcohol, fresh bread, and charred savory meat roasting on the spit in the center of the tavern. In the opposite corner of the tavern sits a table bathed in shadows with four armed individuals. I begin to swagger across the tavern towards the individuals. My hands resting on me sword pommels. They again glance at me, but this time locking their …show more content…

“There is always the wanna be hero. A farmer charge Docotar with a pitchfork. So I gave him a quarrel into the shoulder.” Thark admitted. “Good the contract didn’t want any mortalities. Let’s go collect payment and make our way back” I finish the conversation with.” Leaving the table with Thark and Docotar I head towards the door. Bruuhg and Hafard fall in behind us after we pass them. Walking out of the tavern, I place a coin in the beggar’s hand sitting on the front deck for his watchful eyes. Beggars are always willing to work for The Blackguard Syndicate. We make our way on foot east of town towards the …show more content…

It was started as a network of spies, thieves, agents, and rogues using their talents to subvert and sabotage the Paranthine Empire’s offensive into free lands. The Blackguard found itself in full scale battles within the third year alongside the core resistance. The Blackguard was formed with a few close friends and wealth that I had built up from the heist of the Tomeric vault. The Tomerics were a noble family in my home world Xaraxium, and I robbed their vault before I left at seventeen. I’m sure I’m dead to my brother Zeaver the famous battlemage after that because he hasn’t come to look for me. He was always there more studious and successful of the two of us; no doubt he frowns on my memory now. Eleven years later, here I am, Marek the renowned leader of the infamous Blackguard Syndicate that was driven out and defeated in Kramatus. The core group of the Blackguard barely escaped into a portal. The Paranthine Empire still hunts us with their spies and legions. We do what pays now, and as a network of a couple dozen individuals, plus our hundreds of eyes and ears across the primary worlds not much escapes our notice. Our work takes us across many worlds through portals. As we descend into the valley the woods thicken with tree centuries old, and green leaves in the foliage as large as a man. Sylvanna is beautiful jungle world despite its long and brutal history of war between the elves and orcs, blood

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