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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beale Knight" data-source="post: 1361234" data-attributes="member: 7033">13)    The Avenue of Bards* is a cramped collection of taverns, music halls, and gambling dens. As the royal court is to the aristocracy, this street is a center of power and intrigue for the common folk, especially the ones who make the livelihoods after sundown. Among all the schemers, rogues, desperate, and the many simply trying to make their way in a hard urban life, there is a bard named Blue. Few know his true history, for he's spread various tales about his life that even he admits couldn't be true. What is known is that no one is more in touch with the activities of not only the Avenue of Bards, but the city itself. If you want to know who stole the tavern-keeper's horse or who the name of the prince's secret consort, Blue is the one to ask. If he doesn't know, rest assured he will soon find out. Of course he has a price. You may simply have to buy him an ale, or you may have to give up that fancy ring you wear, it depends on what you want to know - and how well you dress and speak, and the roughness of your hands.       Blue's nickname comes from his tendency to put a quick end to tavern brawls, sometimes through his bardic talent, sometimes with his fist and a well-hidden (though not secret) weapon. Some say he does it because he can't stand for a performance to be interrupted. Others say he enjoys playing the hero to the women caught unwilling in the middle of the fight. Some few say he owns a piece of every place on the Avenue of Bards and doesn't want them torn apart in brawls. Whatever his motivation, the Avenue of Bards is one of the few such places in the empire that rarely sees a horrific brawl, and hasn't rioted since Blue took up residence.*actually named after an obscure mason from the city's earliest days, but few call it by that name.</blockquote>

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