It is rather hard to throw advise out not knowing a few
factors, but i'll second the flee tactic. As a Newbie, if your
not winning in the first 2 rounds and you want to play it
safe, book it. Thieves usually won't out melee warriors, but
the question is did you 1. Have dagger practiced. 2. Have
parry/dodge/shield block to 75%? 3. Wearing a shield if you
could? If your not looking to start a fight anytime soon,
sometimes the best option is to walk around wearing a shield
instead of dual wielding, this is 100% of the time, but not a
bad idea. Look into locating recall potions. You can purcahse
them in galadon, and if you sell things to vendor make the
cash to get them. Flee, Quaff recall can save you many many
times because your right next to the healer. Try and find ways
to make money, and put some in the bank so you'll always have
cash. Don't take the death to bad, it's a heavy Role playing
game, but death is part of the role. You did great compared to
my first death back when rank 6 was PK. So don't feel to bad
there. Not to type a novel either, but if you were sitting in
galadon for a long time, the thief most likely was waiting for
you to exit, so he could get his jump.

Seilclavin