The Fox King

Whoo, this one’s a character alright. Anybody who ever told you a thief was stupid never met anybody under the Fox King’s order. Oh, and while we’re at breaking down social construction, yes, the Thieve’s Guild is real. Of course it’s real. How could the Gambit Heist have ever been pulled off WITHOUT the existence of an organized crime syndicate lurking beneath what’s defined by the Exalt as “legal”?   I’m getting ahead of myself. Again.   Back on topic: A couple hundred years ago, some rumors started going around Westborne about a kid who could swipe the coins right from your purse without moving so much as the wind. Got some people pretty anxious, based on the old writings Demitrius found, and the guard started rounding up all the young beggars from the streets to try to catch the mystery cutpurse. Problem was, that “kid” didn’t take too kindly to all his street friends losing their favorite begging spots. So, one night, he tricks the guards into checking on the kids in their cells, then switches ‘em out, locks the guards in, and hits the road with all the beggars. True story. At least, based on the guard’s old journals.   Well, either that kid beggar found the fountain of youth, or he’s got some elven blood in him, because we think The Fox King is one and the same. There’s a few different theories working out how and why, but see, I visited Westborne a month ago and get this: that famous fox sigil that keeps popping up around nighttime robberies? It’s a noble sigil. An old Westborne noble sigil, to be precise. Some old family long extinct that got kicked out of the nobility because of taxing issues, or something.   I’m heading out to a small village called Seratine pretty soon to check out a mercer’s story about some roofrunners she spotted a couple nights ago. Waste of time? Probably. But it’s also the best lead I’ve gotten since Baern thought he saw a pickpocket that looked “extra-foxy”, so that’s that, I guess. I’ll send you a report if I find anything that can actually be useful.   Catch you in the Wind,   -Gellard