A principal character from the City of Splendors, a Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign set in Waterdeep. “She glided through the shadows as silent as a cat, but couldn’t help feeling that it was too easy. Then she saw the purse sitting on a small table surrounded by high backed chairs, clearly lit by the moonlight spilling through a wall of tall windows. As she neared, she saw his feet propped up on the corner of the table. He was asleep in the chair with its back to her. Easing forward, she extended her rapier and caught the ties of the purse. Lifting it slowly, she heard the coins jingle as they shifted inside. Then his blade struck in a silvery flash and the ring of steel on steel echoed through the villa. Daeron knew she would take the bait. It was only a matter of time. Springing to his feet he faced her as she turned from the purse, which had flown from the tip of her sword when he struck it and slid across the marble floor. “That’s mine!” she declared, as she raised her rapier. “I stole it fairly!” “Did you?” Daeron replied with amusement. “I doubt its owner would agree with your assessment. But, it’s yours for the taking. All you have to do is go through me!” “So that’s what this is about?” she shot back, holding up the advertisement for the Ring of Steel he had slipped into her pouch while removing the purse. “Some sort of game?” Not a game, Daeron thought... a test… and she had passed the first round already. She could have plunged her rapier through the back of the chair, and him, but she choose to risk being caught rather then kill a defenseless man…” A minor member of a minor Waterdavian noble family that has all but withdrawn from the city, Daeron has long been widely considered a near-do-well, with his scandalous reputation, and failed dalliances into adventuring, making him the black sheep of the family. He recently further tarnished his family’s reputation by converting their villa on the Cliffwatch in the North Ward into the “Ring of Steel”, a combination fencing school, gambling club and fest hall which is growing in popularity with the city’s young nobles, and would-be nobles. One of the few beings on Faerun who can walk the garden paths of Waterdavian society and the dark allies of Skullport with equal acceptance, Daeron’s cleverly crafted reputation as a harmless scoundrel has made him a valuable agent for the Harpers, and now the Tel Teukiia (Moonstars). The first image of my second round through the City of Splendor characters. Thanks for looking... Hope you enjoy! Comments and suggestions always welcome and appriciated! Credits: David 3.0 (increased to 115% scale) by DAZ with mats from Count Gregori Vandenberg by Gill Brooks & eyes from Hooterella for V3 by ann0314 & prog, WedgeCut 2.0 by DAZ, SteampunkCowboy for David by DAZ, royloo & Karanta with mats from Hell-Bent For Leather by Moyra, waist wrap from World Traveler Accessories for the M3 and D3 Poet Shirt by DAZ, royloo & Karanta with mats from Rom Bar’o by Moyra, sword from Z-Knight for Victoria3 and Michael3 by BATLAB with mats from MORE Textures & Styles for Z-Knight by motfit, medalion from Fortune Hunters for Hiro by Ryverthorn, pose from DM’s Dark Corner by Danie, marforno & Abraham, and BRC – The Cloister by DAZ & Redhouse Studios.