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Chapter 4 - The Great Quagmire

"There is no way she is her... no ship could sail near this swamp." Gamble grumbled to himself as his jumped the roots of the mangroves to scout the area.

It had been a year and a half since Solomon took him under his wing. He learned everything he could from Solomon in that short bit of time. He stopped going by his birth name all together and began to answer to Gamble. Soon people forgot his old name and began to naturally go along with it. This way his identity was somewhat protected.

Over the year he learned what it really meant to be a member of the thieves guild. It wasn't just about picking pockets or picking locks. There was so much more to it. There is a notice board with jobs listed on it for any one can grab from. These jobs can range from simple jobs such as stealing back a item to assassinating a small target such as a bully or thugs maybe a small time adventurer. The big jobs were given to Solomon. He would hand those big jobs out accordingly to who he thought was more inclined to do it and succeed. These jobs ranged from stealing artifact that were heavily guarded to assassinating a higher upside like a noble or even a king. It all was fair down here.

Some of the people in the guild were made for this type of work. A bunch of the members were street urchins or people who hit hard times and had to turn to doing dirty work to get by and just got sucked in and had to keep doing this kind of work.

One day Solomon had summoned Gamble and another rogue named Zachariah. Zachariah was a small gnome with blue hair standing maybe 3 feet tall. He was missing an eye and an arm but they were replaced with metal prosthetics. He looked harmless from afar but Gamble was standing beside him and that's when he felt it. A dark aura surrounded this gnome. Something about him made the hair on his neck stand up.

"Zachariah your up. Next job is to go and locate this cult. The report says an evil cult is operating outside of a small town. People and children have gone missing and they believe its the cults fault.The town is located about two days north out of the Great Quagmire. " Solomon said throwing the request to the gnome, "the request just states they want the cult gone, so do as you see fit about the cult.... but I want you to see if they really are behind the disappearances of the people intown aswell for personal reason." Solomon added tossing him a small bag of coins.

"As long as it's not a cult of Vol or the wolf consider it done " zachariah said tossing the bag into his pocket. He looked at gamble and smiled before he pulled out a flute. He played a tune and suddenly a door appeared beside him and with a small turn of the know the gnome was gone.

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