"I'll try to keep it short. I come from a long way from here — Daggermark, that is. We've never had too much i

"I'll try to keep it short. I come from a long way from here — Daggermark, that is. We've never had too much in the way of law. But we always had order. It just wasn't the guard that looked after it, it was the local bandits. Every village, every quarter, they all had a gang of their own. They never touched anyone except other gangsters that came by. They were just like the guard, you see, even though no one ever gave them any authority. And if you don't have the authority, and you carry a blade — well then you're a bandit."