Sneaky Poem.

• Posted by Vulpes Umbrae May 7, 2014 - 884 views

  I wrote a poem a few days ago and thought this was a perfect basis for a Character. Here is a piece.

  Captivating dance of shadow blades from dawn till bloody dusk

  Slays every man and woman turns them into a husk

  Wielding sharpened tools of death, Dagger, Dirk or Shiv.

  It's by these  tools they prosper, it's by these tools they live

  They weave the solemn shadow averting eye and ear

  not even seasoned hunters can tell when they are near.

  The hidden knife the pen

  The victims blood the ink.

  They are shadowy horrors or that's what the people think.

  Truly demented artists

  drawing their bloodstain

  traps the pungent aroma of a moments pain.

  I just put this out here to let the community draw inspiration. From the poem you could draw an illusion assassin, perhaps with a sheogorath tie-in. But I wrote more on the poem and created my own story.

  The shadowblade is an ancient dagger, it is death manifested pure. Neither good or evil, just undiscriminating doom. The dagger chooses it's host for a reason but never stays with one long. It strips the wielder of name and identity. All former, present, and future wielders are known as the great and mysterious They.

  You can go anywhere with this really. The only real criteria is they must be mysterious and wield a mysterious dagger (your choice). You could even have a stealthy Orc shadowblade that switches to his war-hammer when discovered!

  Well stab ya later!