Saga of the Old City
“He mustn’t be caught stealing. Kidnapping was forbidden. Seduction was frowned upon. Gord asked if there was anything else.
“Yes,” the bargefolk captain replied. “Give me those silver nobles you extorted from the foolish young fellow who relieved you of Estrella.”
“What! Why?” Gord demanded. “Why should I? The cash is mine!”
“I am your family lord,” Miklos countered. “Besides, I have no money of my own.”
“How could you be penniless?” Gord was truly at a loss.
Miklos stared a...t the deck. “All the money your family owned was lost betting on Zoltan,” he confessed.
The gate guards eyed Gord most suspiciously, asked him a couple of questions in oddly stilted Common, and then allowed him to pass into Leukish. The city was bustling with activity, and Gord simply drifted with the traffic, studying everything he saw. Soon he arrived in a rectangular marketplace filled with carts and booths.MoreLess
“Yes,” the bargefolk captain replied. “Give me those silver nobles you extorted from the foolish young fellow who relieved you of Estrella.”
“What! Why?” Gord demanded. “Why should I? The cash is mine!”
“I am your family lord,” Miklos countered. “Besides, I have no money of my own.”
“How could you be penniless?” Gord was truly at a loss.
Miklos stared a...t the deck. “All the money your family owned was lost betting on Zoltan,” he confessed.
The gate guards eyed Gord most suspiciously, asked him a couple of questions in oddly stilted Common, and then allowed him to pass into Leukish. The city was bustling with activity, and Gord simply drifted with the traffic, studying everything he saw. Soon he arrived in a rectangular marketplace filled with carts and booths.MoreLess
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