![]() ![]() ![]() ‘The Blacktongue Thief’ is a balm to my trope-loving soul because while the classic fantasy world tropes are front and centre, they are made nuanced by a great world and some excellent social history. ![]() I like ‘Dungeons And Dragons’ and ‘Pathfinder’, all those classic fantasy tropes of muddy hikes to find secretive mage towers, the saving of kingdoms from goblins and giants. Together, they make a good chunk of an adventuring party together with some others met along the way. She has a noble quest to save a princess from distress. Galva is a horseless knight, a fighter who is serious enough about it to worship the goddess of death. Kinch is our first person narrator and is a thief with just enough levels of bard just to get the spells and be entertaining around a campfire. ‘The Blacktongue Thief’ is an epic journey in the traditional fantasy style. One chance encounter pushes Kinch into the path of goblins, giants, magic and politics. Just make friends with that fighter that you met while they were defeating your gang and go with her on her travels. One small task for the Guild and Kinch could be debt free. It did, however, pay and the Guild charges for lessons and his bill has come due. A fully trained member of the Taker’s Guild, Kinch has been taught thievery, spells and other useful skills and simply bashing travellers on the head and taking their stuff lacks elegance. ![]() Kinch’s career as a highwayman ends abruptly when a single foreign fighter defeats his whole band. ![]()
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