Hensger
Class: Male, Human, Rogue
You’re looking for me.
There’s a redhaired fellow lying on the meadow with a blade of grass in his mouth.It could make for a really romantic scene if it weren’t for the man’s deviousface, his mouth almost devoid of teeth and the impressive collection of daggerstelling quite a different story…
“You’re looking for me.”
“How do you know that?”
“So what.”
“Quite right: we need your help.”
“You wouldn’t be here otherwise.” His grin is disgusting. “It’s too dangerous.”
“Dangerous? Are you-puny peasant-trying to threaten us?”
“What do you know about Star Trail?”
“Well, we better leave then.”
“I’m the mysterious stranger here; kindly refrain from comments like that. They’ll just push the price up.”
“Why, sure. By the way, that makes for a hefty surcharge.”
“How much?”
“You’re a blowhard.”
“All right then, mysterious stranger: what do you know about Star Trail?”
“We’ll pay! What do you know about Star Trail?”
“Well, it’s not that urgent.”
“We haven’t come here to play games! Either you help us or things will get very uncomfortable!”
“Don’t get above yourselves, folks. This here’s my territory, and I call the tune.”
“I very much doubt you’ll be able to find someone else who could help you…”
“That very much depends on what exactly you want.”
“Ooh! That is not a subject to discuss here and now, girls. But I might be able to take you to the right place for it.”
“All right, forget it.”
“You are nothing but a loud-mouthed annoyance.”
“OK, OK. Listen, what do you know about Star Trail?”
“Fine, let’s play by your rules then. We are looking for Star Trail.”
“That, my dear heroes, you shall have reason to regret. We will meet again.”
“Don’t say anything. Let me guess: That’ll make for another surcharge, right?”
“How much?”
“Yeah, you’d like that, wouldn’t you. But we have no intention of letting you lead us into some dark alley and stab us to death. Good day.”
“Let’s say, all in all, it’ll be N ducats. No haggling. Are we agreed?”
“Oh, you haven’t got that much? All right: tomorrow, at sunrise, right here. Get the money.”
Hensger takes your money, counts it in his own time and then says
“We’ll meet back here at sunrise. See you then.”
The town is just waking up, when your business partner leads you through the streets and alleys. He must be taking a very roundabout way, as you couldn’t possibly walk this far in any one direction and still be inside a town as small as this. Finally, he reaches a cellar door he opens through a whole series of quick movements.
“Go on in ahead. I have to bolt the door again from the inside,” he whispers.
Do you *go in? *put up an argument?
Downstairs you proceed along a narrow corridor. The path is just as convoluted as the one you took above ground. Hensger leads you around any number of corners until you finally come up to a side passage of quite different structure. Once you are all inside the passage, you hear Hensger snigger. Then the wall closes up behind you. You are alone.
“I told you. Around here, I call the tune. Take it or leave it. Now, get moving.” Do you play along or would you rather get away?
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