Set in the Dungeons and Dragon's Forgotten Realms.
Olly Duer is a well known monster hunter and has dealt with every beast around the Sword Coast, but with the news of her brother missing she sets off on her own ready to break free from the loveless...
If there ever was a city to get lost in, it was Waterdeep. Ed couldn't help but take his hand and grab it tightly on Olly's robes, like a child fearful of wandering away from it's mother. Orcs carrying big loads of wheat passed by without hesitation as dwarves setting up shop with their wares gruffed at other merchants for idling too long at the stalls. Ed found his head turning this way and that to just look at everything. Bands of Elves passed by laughing in their language as goblins tried to haggle with a tavern owner about some deal of lamb legs they heard from a vendor. People of all shapes and sizes passed by, skins from all nations seemed to blend together in the crowd as different races conversed there like some type of chaotic utopia.
"Is it always like this?" Ed said in Olly's ear as they waited for a herd of sheep to pass by with a Half-Elf shepherd coaxing them along the busy street.
"Always in Trade Ward" Olly smirked "This is where most of the commerce happens for the city. Orcs and Goblins wouldn't dared be allowed in the high end places like North Ward or Castle Ward. Only the highest of nobility and class reside there, or in Sea Ward where I haven't even seen some of the castles and villas set up there."
"It's just a little too crazy here for my taste" Ed said getting a little more nervous and a cart of fruit nearly collided with a cart of cloth right beside the trio.
"It's alright. I always feel that way too" Olly said smiling, moving his hand from her robes to clasp her hand in his "Just stick close and it will be over soon."
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Ed looked down at Olly with a thankful smile, happy he had his friend to guide him through the busy streets.
"People don't seem so divided here though" Ed said as Qila squawked at some Tabaxi merchants that were trying to sell her fake jewels while they passed by.
"Well Waterdeep isn't just run by nobility" Olly shook her head "There have been some pretty big baddies that have stuck around here and run the Underground through Waterdeep because it's so big. Most of the nobility turns a blind eye to it though, or even partakes in it as well from what my mother and father have told me."
"You think Nole might have gotten caught up in that?" Ed asked concerned as they turned down a less busy street, the merchants and vendors a bit calmer than the hustlers on the main paved road.
"I wouldn't rule it out" Olly grimaced.
"It wouldn't be the first time your family has been led into darkness" Qila tweeted "Always being caught up in some lord or ladies plot."
"I don't have a fondness for nobility" Olly said shrugging at Ed "I haven't met very many that weren't just doing charity to help themselves."
"Nor I" Qila clicked "I'd rather be out in the coldest of winters than stay a minute in some nobles house."
"I can understand that" Ed nodded "I've met some good nobles in my life, but I try not to get mixed up in their affairs too often. It's not what Pelor asks of us."
