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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Great Sage" data-source="post: 4722995" data-attributes="member: 10929">Below I have uncovered several passages of the Bagman's journal. Further translation is required, and I think we may have a good insight into the events south of Talas-ka that Lucia the firenewt has referred to...At this late juncture, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to note down the recent events that I have experienced, for better or worse. There is a scratching inside my mind and I can not remove it. However perhaps if I am to commit to paper my memories then I feel I will go some way to regaining full control of my psyche.I was born Aurelius Haar of the Ful'gaarth clan, as ruling house of Talas-ka. My upbringing was unusual by Uthuk standards, my parents schooling me personally in the archaic intricacies of the ruling bureaucracy of the city state. I matured quickly and by 15 found myself installed as a petty clerk recording, sentencing and carrying out...justicefor minor transgressions for Talas-ka's more primitive inhabitants. For a full five years, I dispensed a long drawn out death for any bugbear or ogre foolish enough to draw attention to itself. The art of the executioner is not a pure physical art, the paper work required to legitimise such actions is just as important as a keen blade. My pen was sharp, yet my axe was becoming steadily dulled. I rose rapidly through the vast machine of Talas-ka's government, and by the meagre age of 21 I occupied a position of high authority in regard to the procurement and placement of slaves, slavery guilds and the associated lower governing bodies set up to manage such a vast economy. For even the lowliest firenewt it is fully aware that the continuing success of Talas-ka is founded on the tireless slave trade.Unsatisfied with the current state of my employment, I sought out several of the mercenary conglomerates that operated out of the Talas-ka's financial district. With the connections courtesy of my upbringing and position of authority, I found myself in the employ of several companies over the next few cycles. So far removed from the luxuries of my office, I found solace in the din of slave raids on far flung settlements. I found firenewts to be particularly cunning in avoiding capture, yet it was all one and the same. It was during this time that I cast aside my birthname and took up the moniker of 'the Bagman', due to the bag of shrunken heads I would carry tied to my belt. After a particularly violent season of raids, I gathered two firenewts as travelling companions and gained employment with the Core. While certainly not a highlight of my life up until that point, working under the Hydrass Clan certainly had its benefits, fringe or otherwise. I come now to my current state of employment, fruitful may not be an entirely appropriate word, but the last week has certainly been quite eventful. At least I have been able to add one more head to my bag.</blockquote>

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