Bihlbo
Explorer
The halfling still being shoved into the crowd by the ill-tempered old dwarf woman sounds more and more upset. Mei Ying notices that just as he's about to strike at her, he looks down in a shock of fear as she points a thick, blackened blade and escorts him away.
The stooped old human woman shoves her way from the well into the middle of the group and in a gravelly, pained voice whispers, "Gather 'round, you sorry lot."
Once the others have gathered close enough, her hood is pulled back and she drops about a foot, as it becomes apparent this is a halfling man in disguise! "I'm Boldo Bindlestiff. I was sent by my uncle, Buckwilling Bindlestiff, because his spies got word that the Deicktasker family had some nefarious plans concerning that announcement. The spies reported that the Deicktaskers would send an operative to find out the nature of this opportunity, then set up an ambush to claim the spoils once this group returns.
"I just found out they had other plans - plans ta frame me for the misdeeds! That surly, blundering excuse for a pickpocket got his partner, the sewer rat, to call him Boldo, loud and memorable as you please! No doubt they would let you all assume it was that one's doing that lead you to being ambushed, which puts a swift price on my own head.
"But this sticks me in the middle of this right good, but maybe for the best for you all. See, now I have to be with you on this venture to prove that it wasn't me who ambushed you. But, in me getting a cut, you all ensure that the Deicktaskers and Bindlestiffs will leave you alone - my clan so's they don't ruin my own profit in the venture, and the Deicktaskers' rotten hides because they dare not risk a war with Buckwilling Bindlestiff."
Putting the disguise back on, and stepping back onto his stilt-boots, Boldo finishes by saying, "Besides, you might need someone like me along on a shady deal like this." With that, he flips a wand at Thomas - a wand that looks just like the one that was in his pocket moments before.
"This is not a safe place to speak, we should go," says the old woman this group now knows as Boldo.
The stooped old human woman shoves her way from the well into the middle of the group and in a gravelly, pained voice whispers, "Gather 'round, you sorry lot."
Once the others have gathered close enough, her hood is pulled back and she drops about a foot, as it becomes apparent this is a halfling man in disguise! "I'm Boldo Bindlestiff. I was sent by my uncle, Buckwilling Bindlestiff, because his spies got word that the Deicktasker family had some nefarious plans concerning that announcement. The spies reported that the Deicktaskers would send an operative to find out the nature of this opportunity, then set up an ambush to claim the spoils once this group returns.
"I just found out they had other plans - plans ta frame me for the misdeeds! That surly, blundering excuse for a pickpocket got his partner, the sewer rat, to call him Boldo, loud and memorable as you please! No doubt they would let you all assume it was that one's doing that lead you to being ambushed, which puts a swift price on my own head.
"But this sticks me in the middle of this right good, but maybe for the best for you all. See, now I have to be with you on this venture to prove that it wasn't me who ambushed you. But, in me getting a cut, you all ensure that the Deicktaskers and Bindlestiffs will leave you alone - my clan so's they don't ruin my own profit in the venture, and the Deicktaskers' rotten hides because they dare not risk a war with Buckwilling Bindlestiff."
Putting the disguise back on, and stepping back onto his stilt-boots, Boldo finishes by saying, "Besides, you might need someone like me along on a shady deal like this." With that, he flips a wand at Thomas - a wand that looks just like the one that was in his pocket moments before.
"This is not a safe place to speak, we should go," says the old woman this group now knows as Boldo.
