| Life was hard as an orphan on the streets of Foobar, without a nephew or aunt to teach you right from wrong. On the other hand, you wouldn't have grown up to be such a talented Thief otherwise. As you wandered the back alleys of Pig-in-a-Poke (and let's face it, most of that place is back alleys), a hand covered your mouth while a blade pushed gently at your ribs. You let yourself be dragged into a pitch-dark abandoned tallow rending plant. A sultry female voice introduced herself as Indigo Blood maw. She asked you to undertake a quest to recover the Duke of Taintingham's lost earwig, Cuddleface. Reasoning it was the best quest you'd get until you leveled up a bit, you agreed to help. You weren't having any problems but you soon were confounded by a fiendish escort-the-fragile-toddler puzzle, and by the time you figured out to solve it, you were mad as an underfed kitten. You holed up in a small storeroom with a lockable door, and spent several weeks resting until your hitpoints were back to full. Then, keeping a careful eye out for goblins, you made your way to the lair of Grim Warlock Baaaal and the object of your quest. You thought he nearly had you when he summoned a foul mimic to his aid, but you put paid to the beast with your battleaxe and knocked the villain screaming into a sphere of annihilation with a well-placed kick to the skull. At last, the treasure was yours!
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