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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azaar" data-source="post: 3088409" data-attributes="member: 1988">Isida, you have certainly set the bar.  I'm envious.  But I'm willing to compete for this, so I'll bring forth my own character.[sblock=Dax, CG Female Changeling Rogue 3]“I always felt like I was the type to take from the rich and give to the poor.  Sure, I would take a small cut for myself, but for the most part, I believed that the old adage ‘share the wealth’ should be taken a little more literally.  How was I to know that I’d eventually steal from the wrong person… or, as the case turned out, the right person.“I was in Starilaskur at the time, having skipped out of Sharn after a couple of close calls when I saw someone who looked like an easy mark.  Noble bearing and all that.  He certainly didn’t seem to be paying much attention to anyone, and the setup was just too good to pass up.  Time to redistribute some of Breland’s noble-born wealth, I thought.  I made my move, ever so lightly brushing against him as I got his purse, and nonchalantly made my way in the opposite direction.“That night, after buying a round for everyone on me -- as I said, I share the wealth -- six guards came to get me as I was eating supper.  I supposed I hadn’t been quite as careful as I thought, and there was nowhere to run.  No sense in making things even worse on myself -- it wouldn’t have been the first time I’d been in prison.  But nothing prepared me for the visitor I received in the middle of the night:  the noble himself, the one I’d stolen from.“He identified himself as Captain Meryl d’Ravalas, and the first thought I had was that I’d be hanging from a noose by the end of the next day.  Nobles are bad enough, but noble-born with military rank was even worse.  It certainly didn’t help when he proceeded to tell me how several others had been watching me the entire time.  How I missed them, I couldn’t understand… up until the good captain made his pitch.“My talents were wasted on my activities, he said.  My potential could be so much more, and yet I squandered it on such trivial pursuits.  But there was a better way.  And thus, I was given my choice:  imprisonment and potential death within a Breland prison, or be shown how much more my life could truly be.“Admittedly, I thought Captain d’Ravalas was trying to befriend me for less than honorable reasons -- not that I would have resisted; he was quite handsome, after all.  But I was surprised after agreeing when it was revealed that I had become, for all intents and purposes, a patriot for the crown.  Captain Meryl d’Ravalas, as it turned out, was the commander of the Starilaskur division of the King’s Citadel; more specifically, the commander of Starilaskur’s Dark Lanterns.“Of course I wasn’t trusted; I was little better than a criminal in the eyes of most, despite the seeming honor of my intentions on economic redistribution.  But I felt a drive to succeed and surpass the expectations set upon me by Captain d’Ravalas and the King’s Citadel.  I wanted to show them all that I could be good at doing what was needed of me.“Recently, I’ve begun hearing whispers and rumors from a couple of changelings I know -- contacts I’ve made over my time in Starilaskur.  From the sound of it, the Cabinet of Faces is trying to carve a niche for themselves here in Starilaskur, and they’ve been watching all of us for potential initiates.  So far, I’ve kept my affiliation with Captain d’Ravalas a secret -- a lady has to be careful with whom she associates, after all.  And it makes me wonder if perhaps I might get close enough to get into the Cabinet of Faces and report on their dealings to the Dark Lanterns.“It would be a challenge unlike any I’ve ever before faced.  It might get me killed, for that matter, if the Cabinet of Faces discovers that I’ve planted myself in their midst at the behest of the Dark Lanterns.  But it might give the Citadel and the Dark Lanterns insight into the true motives of the Cabinet of Faces.“If nothing else, I think it’s time I took this to Captain d’Ravalas and let him decide if I should take the risk.  I’m certainly willing enough to do it.“After all… it’s my job.  A true Dark Lantern or no, it’s a risk I feel is worth taking.”[/sblock]</blockquote>

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