Den of Thieves

Underachiever Posts : 181 Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 35

Thieves, cut purses, pickpockets, robbers, thugs, muggers, scoundrels, swindlers, conmen, cowmen, whores, rustlers and cheats... The scum that plagues our city; taking their cut from the hard work of good honest citizens through violence, deception, slight of hand and petty thievery.

I'm hoping to do an RP in a medieval fantasy setting; simply based around the criminal population of a large and wealthy trade city. However unlike the cities government officials and noble class... You aren't wealthy.

You need to eat and you only know one way on how to make a living; through crime...

Every criminal has their specialties and skills, right along with their own in-flexibilities and weaknesses. Something all criminals also have in common other than crime is the constant evasion of the city guards. Some of you will work solo, others in gangs, some will use violence, others trickery. But you're all scum, all criminals.

I'll add more details on the character sheet and setting later. Also this is a humans only RP, all characters must be born natives of the city and land in question.

Subject: Re: Den of Thieves Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:07 am

I think I might be able to squeeze some time out for this.
Name : Cy Hammerson
Age : 24
Occupation : Grifter - He uses a keen mind to fool, coerce, or otherwise swindle people of their belongings. His specialties include rigged games of chance, blackmail through a keen nose for sensitive information, and misdirection of marks and guards alike.
History : Cy grew up the son of a wealthy blacksmith, and enjoyed a relatively happy life until the age of nine. His mother, tired of dealing with her husband's constant gambling, eventually took him and left to stay with her sister's family. He ran away, but was halfway across the city before he realized how badly lost he was. He lived on the streets, under care of several veteran street thugs, under a constant threat of violence for the next six years. The small gang used him as a source of income, having him beg and pickpocket in the streets, and taking the money for themselves. Eventually at the age of fifteen, he realized that he could make a great deal of money keeping everything he earned, and ran away once more. He has one of the more upscale swindling circuits in town, nowhere near the money he once lived in as a child but more stable than most street urchins could hope for. Most nights see a roof over his head and a full belly, despite his need to constantly relocate from inquiry by the guards.
Personality : Cy will try to keep civil for as long as he's allowed, a cool and level head is his best ally whether it be in a swindle or a fight. He doesn't make friends, though he does afford himself the luxury of allies when possible.

Underachiever Posts : 181 Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 35

I didn't ah... Throw up a template yet...

But good start.

Underachiever Posts : 181 Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 35

Character template. FOLLOW EXACTLY TO THE LETTER OR DIE!

Spoiler:

Underachiever Posts : 181 Join date : 2009-11-22 Age : 35

Info on the city...

Belkirk: Belkirk is a massive trade city; one of the largest and "wealthiest" cities in the kingdom of Heidran. However this wealth is not shared; the majority of this cities massive population (Mostly commoners) are impoverished, desperate and with little hope; while the nobility live in luxury and excess. Belkirk is rampant with crime, although it is well controlled by it's well funded, well trained and large local military whom act as a police force as well as a defense force. Belkirk is constantly busy with a massive entry and exit of traders, merchants and visitors from the outside; many even from foreign lands.

Those not from Belkirk pose a minor target, those not even from the kingdom of Heidran are constantly targeted; those whom aren't even human will be targeted. A busy city of commerce such as Belkirk is a breeding ground of criminals and scum of all kinds. Like the state language of Heidran, the local language of Belkirk is Camdric; the language of the largest and commonly encountered human ethnicity within Heidran.