Shady Character Offers Map

Having acquired the map, you take a good long look at it. You take out your own map and start looking between the two. There's nothing on the purchased map that can be cross-referenced. In fact, the map you bought has strange runes scribbled at the edges. It's either a recent fake, or it originated in a time when the common tongue was not your own. Either way, it seems very unusable.

Just as you get ready to ball it up and throw it away, Historian历史学者 the historian walks up and gently takes it. He looks at the runes and begins nodding, running his finger along the edges before drawing them further inward, amongst the map's poorly drawn mountains and rivers and forests.

"Hmmm... Oh... Ah yes, I've read of this place before. And I know these runes, though I dare not speak them aloud."

He takes the company map and uses three quill pens pinched between his fingers to slowly triangulate and translate the directions. Finished, he nods and whacks the back of his hand against the company map.

"There, sir. That's where we'll find it."

	Location is revealed
	You spend Cost Crowns (if didn't steal the map)

You take the map and give it a good read. You can identify some of the locations and, in time, translate its contents onto your own map. The Companyname is murmuring with excitement over what might be there.

	Location is revealed
	You spend Cost Crowns (if didn't steal the map)

You look at the map, you stare at it, you practically interrogate it with a long, long gaze. But you're just not seeing it. Randombrother takes a look then shakes his head.

"I don't recognize a bit of it, sir."

It's a fake or a map to a land you do not recognize as your own - either way, it's completely useless.

You spend Cost Crowns (if didn't steal the map)

Peddler小贩 the peddler steps forward, his hands out just like the traveling merchant's had been. Apparently this is a common tactic amongst honest thieves.

"Sir, sir, please. Come on. That price is outrageous."

The merchant's face sours.

"There is nothing outrageous about it, I promise you."

But your peddler persists.

"Clearly there is something outrageous, because I just said so, did I not?"

The merchant nods. The peddler continues.

"So we've decided to not purchase it at your original asking price. That much is clear. So, friend, I think we will purchase it for Cost. That is fair to all parties involved, and surely a fine businessman such as yourself can see a deal! We're hardly businessmen ourselves, but we know that's a good deal!"

The merchant scratches his chin, then nods.

"Alright, that price is fair."

While you're talking to the merchant, Thief盗贼 the thief sidles up next to you, appearing rather interested in the conversation. He glances at you. You do a double take. He grins and nods. You quickly eye the salesman then glance back at the thief and nod. The merchant is in the middle of his sales pitch and sees none of this. He keeps talking, but you hear little of it. You just know to keep nodding for a merchant such as he only tells you things you want to hear anyway.

The thief slips around the back and drops a weapon into the mud.

"Clumsy me."

He bends down, pauses, there's a motion you can hardly detect, and then he's upright again. He gives you a wink. You tell the merchant you appreciate the offer, but you'll have to pass. When he's gone, Thief盗贼 presents you with the map and grins.

"They say the best things in life are free."