Bandits are those who have decided to live a life of crime, preying on innocents.

Or so you thought….

The Bitter Bandits set up shop somewhere outside town a few weeks ago. They’ve been quietly working and helping people?

Is that what bandits do? Mother told you to forget about them and stay out of their way, but you can’t help being curious. No one knows anything about them, but you keep seeing this little symbol hand-drawn on a lot of the cargo shipments from the docks lately.

The local guard gave up trying to find them after they mysteriously found a cask of rare mead in the barracks and the supervisors nightwear hanging off the balcony of the high court building. The high council called off their initiative to eradicate the bandits after all of the search parties mysteriously disappeared, and even some of the high council members stopped attending the high court proceedings. The townspeople are confused, but the tax collector hasn’t been collecting taxes lately so nobody is complaining. The only one still talking about the bandits is you. Belyndir is afraid you’re going to go missing next.

You’ve been watching them move around town at night, picking up shipments, sending out shipments. And finally, you followed one back to the hideout. Nobody has been able to find out where their hideaway is, except you.

You usually lose them before they even get out of town, but …maybe he let you follow him this time?

The big oak tree that’s hidden in the valley does look a little different, now that you’re looking at it….

There’s a few bandits in the valley staring at you as you approach, but none move to stop you or speak. There’s a piece of parchment nailed to the side of the tree, with neat, cursive hand-writing.

Store Open

What could they possibly be selling out here?