Things change a lot in a couple of decades. Tsurai says that we used to be spread all over the world, working out of the Far East. Its the stuff legends are made from, an invincible band of thieves and brigands who stalked treasure the world over, smuggling goods and taking what they wanted while cradled in the foot of the also-invincible Duchy. Its a great story but its just that. A story.
If we DID use to be an uncatchable band of thieves we lost something when Aldo passed. The older guys insist we used to actually run business out of this port. They say that, since the demilitarization of Bastok, these docks are no longer used for industry. Bastok actually closed the docks down years ago but that never stopped us, did it? The longtime members state that to be an Iron Musketeer now all you need to do is fit into the armor, and in the same breath go on about how it used to mean something to elude them.
We're not just a band of thieves. We're not just the criminals we're made out to be. Sure, not everyone here is a saint but there are skills you can learn here you can't learn anywhere else. Not everyone wants to know how to polish a set of platemail or guard a door. I've learned how to do a lot of things in my time here and Tsurai says I'll go far if I stick with it. I think I will. My sisters can sign up with the Bastokan Legions and learn to be adventurers proper, I'll do things off the beaten path. One day I'll disappear from here and go learn my craft in Norg with the Ephramadians.
Who needs to be an adventurer to have adventures?
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