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"No need to ply your craft today, Jacob," Adinas says wryly, nodding at the compass, "They're going to bring the pheasants to us." He adds between mouthfuls, "I've done a bit of exploring and travelling myself. Never felt that I've quite perfected cartography, though. My maps never turn out quite as well as I'd like."
Adinas leaves his sword and bow and proceeds with the halfling upon his introduction. He tries to appear as calm and collected as possible, though he feels out of place among others with noble family names and other honorifics.
"Smaller swords wielded with more finesse and subtlety can be just as good," Adinas adds. "With a a giant sword like that one starts to feel that whipping it out is the solution to every problem." Adinas smirks at Xan and then turns to Bisimone. "So you are a spellcaster? I am very interested in magic. I've been studying some things that a wizard gave me. Perhaps you could help me."
Adinas uses some of the money to pay off various debts and to buy new clothes fit for the occasion. Being of average stature he hopes the fact that he has no time for tailoring won't be noticed. He selects attire that is suitable but with touches that suggest a traveler. His eyes gleamed when he saw the brown leather cavalier's hat with the brim upturned on one side and a large hawk feather in the other. He wears it proudly as he strides toward the coach and enters.
"So let me get this straight," the wizard says to the lithe half-elf standing in his bookshop, "not only do you not have the money you owe me for the spellbook, the arcane ink, and the treatise on cantrips I sold you on credit a week ago based on that sob story of you having been attacked and your spellbook stolen, but you actually don't have any magical training and you want me to take you on as an apprentice to pay off the debt." "That's right. I'm a hard worker, you'll see. And a quick study too." said Adinas. "Get out of my shop, and you'd better come back with my merchandise or the money in a week. I'm watching you, Hawkeye. Don't cross a wizard." Adinas, almost reflexively, attempts to palm a sprig of herbs from a nearby table on his way out the door to see how closely the wizard is really watching him. Sleight of Hand
Walking down the busy Restov street he holds the herb to his nose and inhales the exotic fragrance. He lets the sprig blow out of his hand as he turns a corner. "Adinas Hawkeye?" says a uniformed man approaching him. "Uhm.... who wants to know?" replies Adinas, preparing to make a break for it. "I have a message for you." says the man, handing him the scroll and the bag of coins. Adinas pauses to read the scroll and examine the coins. Not believing his luck he thanks the man and proceeds down the street whistling.
Updated Adinas with a background story. Also, Adinas intends to eventually take levels in Wizard and pursue Arcane Trickster, but he will definitely be gimped as an arcanist and will be mostly a skillmonkey.
Submitting Adinas Hawkeye for consideration. |
