DEN OF THIEVES

ENTER A WORLD OF DARKNESS AND DANGER, HONOUR, DARING AND DESTINY IN DAVID CHANDLER'S MAGNIFICENT EPIC TRILOGY THE ANCIENT BLADES. CROY IS A KNIGHT ERRANT, AND BEARER OF AN ANCIENT BLADE WITH A POWERFUL DESTINY. HE'S ALSO KIND OF, WELL, DIM. HE BELIEVES IN HONOUR. HE BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY GOOD, AND WILL DO THE RIGHT THING IF YOU GIVE THEM A CHANCE. UNFORTUNATELY, CROY LIVES IN THE CITY OF NESS. A THRIVING MEDIEVAL CITY OF FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE, NONE OF WHOM ARE FUNDAMENTALLY EVEN DECENT, AND WHO WILL GLEEFULLY STAB YOU IN THE BACK. IF YOU GIVE THEM A CHANCE. NESS IS ALSO THE HOME TO MALDEN. MALDEN IS A THIEF. HE LIVES BY HIS WITS, DISARMING CUNNING TRAPS, SNEAKING PAST SLEEPING GUARDS, AND RUNNING AWAY VERY FAST WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO KILL HIM. WHICH IS OFTEN. ONE TIME MALDEN STOLE A CROWN. AND THEN HE HAD TO STEAL IT BACK TO AVOID A CIVIL WAR. CROY GOT THE CREDIT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE HE'S A NOBLE KNIGHT. ANOTHER TIME THE TWO OF THEM WENT INTO THE TOMB OF AN A