What you are all forgetting are the fact that most of Diamond
Lake is poor and the bulk of the wealth is mostly concentrated
in the hands of the wicked or uninterested.And the poor are
hellbent on spending their little coin on the vices of the
Feral Dog or the Emporium. What about the children of the
miners having to fend for themselves? They are the impromptu
thieves guild reduced to stealing from the occasional merchant
and player character.And the strongest of these children are
being taught swordplay from Todrik, one of Kullen's lackeys
to become the 2nd generation bully beholden to Balabar Smenk.
The situation in Diamond Lake is desperate and these kids are
just trying to survive. It takes an especially hardened player
character to face this thieves guild and this can
create lots of consquences and role playing potential