5th of Saun, Arc 718
On the 5th of Saun Devin Thorn, thief, con man extraordinaire and recently ordained priest of Delroth (which had been quite a surprising development, to be honest), stood in front of the huge wall mirror in the living room of the nice little house that he had rented and admired his reflection. It was something that he did quite often because he had been blessed by the Immortal of Vanity and because he just couldn’t believe how handsome he was sometimes, but this time there was a deeper purpose behind all the narcissism.
A few breaks earlier, he had perused the local noticeboard and found out that the Toma family were looking for a tutor for their son. Some research had revealed that they were quite wealthy – Mr. Toma was a doctor, and Mrs. Toma was an apothecary of some skill who regularly supplied the local hospital with potions – and thus Devin had decided that he would be their son’s tutor even though his academic qualifications were lacking. In fact, they were non-existent, and he had never even seen a university from inside.
That didn’t matter in the least though. He was a masterful liar, besides, he couldn’t wait to make them fork over all of their precious nels because they were so desperate for their son to follow in their footsteps and become a brilliant academic even though he might be illiterate for all that he knew – and perhaps steal a few valuables on his way out.
He looked rather different from his usual, flamboyant and eccentric self. He had put a blonde wig on, he had shaved what little he had in the way of facial hair (which was not a lot), and he had put a suit on, a very sensible, dark blue suit that had of course been expensive, because he had decided never to wear anything but the most expensive clothes again in order to make Delroth proud. He was even wearing a tie, even though the stupid thing was nearly choking him. He didn’t understand why some men liked ties so much.
They looked stupid, they just hung there, and when you used them for the only thing that they were really good for – which was wiping your mouth or your dirty hands with them – people either looked at you in shock or complained that you didn’t have any manners.
He turned around in order to inspect his reflection from all angles and decided that he looked fantastic. There was one thing that was missing though. He rooted through his various chests and shelves until he found a book bag and one of the few books that he owned which was a book on human anatomy and contained a lot of interesting as well as a few mildly disturbing pictures (he hadn’t known that he looked like that on the inside!).
They wouldn’t believe that he was an academic if he didn’t have any books, so he stuffed the anatomy book into the bag, added an empty notebook, a pen and a vial of ink, and then he went on his way, whistling happily because he was so excited about all the nels that he would get.
A few breaks earlier, he had perused the local noticeboard and found out that the Toma family were looking for a tutor for their son. Some research had revealed that they were quite wealthy – Mr. Toma was a doctor, and Mrs. Toma was an apothecary of some skill who regularly supplied the local hospital with potions – and thus Devin had decided that he would be their son’s tutor even though his academic qualifications were lacking. In fact, they were non-existent, and he had never even seen a university from inside.
That didn’t matter in the least though. He was a masterful liar, besides, he couldn’t wait to make them fork over all of their precious nels because they were so desperate for their son to follow in their footsteps and become a brilliant academic even though he might be illiterate for all that he knew – and perhaps steal a few valuables on his way out.
He looked rather different from his usual, flamboyant and eccentric self. He had put a blonde wig on, he had shaved what little he had in the way of facial hair (which was not a lot), and he had put a suit on, a very sensible, dark blue suit that had of course been expensive, because he had decided never to wear anything but the most expensive clothes again in order to make Delroth proud. He was even wearing a tie, even though the stupid thing was nearly choking him. He didn’t understand why some men liked ties so much.
They looked stupid, they just hung there, and when you used them for the only thing that they were really good for – which was wiping your mouth or your dirty hands with them – people either looked at you in shock or complained that you didn’t have any manners.
He turned around in order to inspect his reflection from all angles and decided that he looked fantastic. There was one thing that was missing though. He rooted through his various chests and shelves until he found a book bag and one of the few books that he owned which was a book on human anatomy and contained a lot of interesting as well as a few mildly disturbing pictures (he hadn’t known that he looked like that on the inside!).
They wouldn’t believe that he was an academic if he didn’t have any books, so he stuffed the anatomy book into the bag, added an empty notebook, a pen and a vial of ink, and then he went on his way, whistling happily because he was so excited about all the nels that he would get.
