Role

Chapter 2

It might seem counterintuitive that Kasir should join a thieve's guild,
considering it was the Hamsah guild who had his father slain. However,
life was not easy after he left the nomads. Not blessed with physical
prowess, and with no magical or musical training, if he was to serve the
Huntress it would have to be from the shadows. Kasir is acutely aware,
though, of the cruelty, greed and violence that typify Thera's thieves.

For this reason, he was particularly glad to meet Jirash, the guildmaster
in Voralian City. Here was one who understood the conflict inherent in
the guild, and who had lived a righteous life. Kasir thought perhaps in
this guild he might not be asked to violate his conscience. Especially
since, at the moment, there was no Godfather. And so he joined.

That's when the trouble started.

Unknown to Kasir, there was a certain balance of power among the
various guilds, and it was not centered in Voralian City. It was in
Galadon. And it was due mainly to the heavy-handed tactics of one
Kingpin. Not long after Kasir had joined the Voralian guild, he was
contacted by Iktul.

After refusing the Kingpin's polite offer of membership, Kasir was
informed that he was now the target of every thief in the Galadon guild,
and that approximately four out of every five thieves in Thera was one of
Iktul's men. As terrifying as that was, Kasir saw it as an opportunity.

How many of those in Galadon had been coerced into joining the guild under
threat of violence? How many chaffed at Iktul's heavy-handed tactics?
How many were members simply because they had never "belonged" anywhere
else, and so desperately craved the illusion of "brotherhood" Iktul
offered? Kasir wondered.

Then he vowed to create an alternative. A true brotherhood. One in which
members would be welcomed, not conscripted. One in which no man would be
asked to violate his conscience. A guild to serve as a haven for those
unwilling to submit to Iktul's autocratic rule, where no man would be
forced to call the wicked "brother". A grand vision indeed!

Now if he could just scrape together some cash...