1)
“Surely,” the priest said severely, “you can spare one coin from all those looted purses for the god!”
The four thieves spun around, startled. How had a mere holy man—and a fat, aging one at that—crept up on them so silently?
“What god?” they asked suspiciously.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018
2)
“Saero Silenthood, Lord Of All Thieves, of course,” the old cleric replied. “I’d not have spoken to you, ah, procurers, else.”
“Oh.” All challenge fled, the thieves each slid a gold coin to the priest.
The holy man took up the gold, murmured a blessing…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018
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…of Saero over each thief, and departed as silently as he’d come.
Half a block away, he teleported to a distant hill. Doing so brought his useful silentfoot spell to an abrupt end, but staying in the city meant not only staying ahead of four furious thieves, …#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018
4)
…but any real priest of Saero. As a mere adventurer-wizard, he was far safer out here in the monster-roamed wild hills, where neither thieves nor thiefgod-priests dared to go. Out here, he just had to worry about getting eaten.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018