Sigil: City of Doors

Greetings would-be Thieves.

You don't know me, but I know you.

I've been watching you, studying you, taking notes.

Don't worry, I'm not out to stop you. Quite the opposite.

I'm out to Encourage you.

The art of theft is a dying art. We have moved into the age where Thugs, not Thieves, now rule the Hive.

The Art of Stealth, the subtlety of the Pick-Pocket, the Finer points of Manipulation...gone. Fallen to the ways of Assassination and Brutality.

There is no Honor among Thieves anymore. There is no pride in one's work. No one wants to be an actual Thief anymore. It's so easy to just club somebody over the head and steal their wallet.

No subtlety. No Finesse.....no challenge.

If this is a problem to you. If this is HERESY to you...

If you feel like Sigil needs a new CLASS of Thief, a new CIVILIZED organization of like-minded individuals to support each other, protect each other..

If you are an outcast looking to finally belong to a FAMILY bound in Shadow and nestled by Gold...

Know that the Guild exists.

And know that we are watching.



The letter is signed with a Drama Mask that forms a wicked smile.

A second letter is found tacked to the original copies in the areas with the highest traffic.

wrote:Would-Be-Thieves,

I've also been watching you, and you've seen what happens when one of you becomes too bold and takes from those people who it hurts most. I'll warn you only once, if you assemble and bring further harm to The Hive I'll dismantle you one by one.

Just a single letter is found tacked atop one instance of the two previous letters:

wrote:

Greetings Thieves.

My genitals are larger than those of the two thieves who wrote before me.

Love,

-An even more mysterious thief

Another letter is posted on top of the last one.

wrote:You are mistaken! For that was not the Infinite Spire you saw in the distance this morning..you merely caught me as I went to take a piss!

On a side-note: That wasn't rain either! Ah HA!!

In one of the places all previous notes are removed (stolen), replaced by a small carving on the wall/poster stand/location of posters added in: "You talk too much."

Written on the BACK of the original stolen letter is:

Congratulations: You have proven yourself truly a thief...by stealing this letter. Hopefully you are an actual thief and not just some idiot cleaning up the trash.

In the Hive, by the Tattoo Parlor you will find a bag. Inside will be a small token of my appreciation..

the letter is again signed with a Drama Mask

High above the prison in a tower that overlooks the yard Jentia sits behind a desk. The door opens and there is a rattling clanking sound as a monstrous malformed Kryton lurches in. It hands her a copy of the letter and a rubbing of the various replies. The paladin and the devil are clearly uncomfortable with each other. Such is life in one of Sigil's more divided factions so they hide their mutual disgust for each other behind a veil of civility and perhaps a growing understanding each can trust the other to uphold order if nothing else. The fiend mutters a question rendered almost inaudible by its rasping and the jangling chains.

"Take them down? No. Get five or six of the redeemed we have conscripted from the cells, preferably those with a gift for stealth and those with a good working knowledge of the city's underworld. Have them watch the letters and should anyone stop by and read them, anyone with a known criminal past, anyone who has perhaps been in our care before have them take note. When the inevitable crime wave hits we will know where to begin our inquiries."

She reads over the replies again and smiles to herself.

"I'd worry if I were you though. If they continue at each other like this they soon may not need us at all."

The devil lurches off and simply mutters an incomprehensible reply. Humor it seems is not its strong point.

kitteninablender,Jan 5 2013 wrote: Written on the BACK of the original stolen letter is:

Congratulations: You have proven yourself truly a thief...by stealing this letter. Hopefully you are an actual thief and not just some idiot cleaning up the trash.

In the Hive, by the Tattoo Parlor you will find a bag. Inside will be a small token of my appreciation..

the letter is again signed with a Drama Mask

A careful and cautious person goes to distance of the tattoo parlor, studying the surrounding carefully. Keeping an eye out on everyone sitting nearby, all the eyes watching from windows, slightly ajar doorways, holes in walls, rooftops or hiding in plainsight within benches or acting as a beggar before making his move... then paid to a nearby kid to go fetch a bag by the parlor and bring it to the otherside of the road while he made his way there.

The kid would fetch the bag, bringing it to the cautious man. The boy would be holding his nose. Attached to the side of the bag would be another note.

wrote:Congratulations. You have stolen a sign. You must be so proud. Here you are. A sack of <<bleep>> for an even bigger sack of <<bleep>>. Knowing you, you are likely the type to pay somebody else to open this bag. So congratulations: You just spent perfectly good gold on a sack of <<bleep>>. Good day. <<bleep>> you very much.

--- the Thieves' Guild.

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With that all posters were starting to get removed and dropped into a certain bag of smelling brown substance.