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You've decided to make a quick little trip to the rival City of Blackbrook
after being invited to do a special job for an old friend, Julian Brenner.
As a boy before you met the Keepers, Brenner was the closest thing to a friend you
had. He disappeared one day while the two of you were scouting for food in the
streets. Years later the two of you were reunited, ironically he too had become
a Master Thief in his own right, apparently that day so long ago Brenner had
got caught stealing food ended up being sent a Hammer reformatory.
His experiences in that place has left him with a major contempt for
their vision of law and order and ever since, he's made the Hammers
special targets in his nightime grabs for treasure. Now settled
in Blackbrook where he works with the ShadowMasters Thieves Guild.
Brenner's been after me for a while to pay him a visit in Blackbrook,
"There's plenty of stuff up for the taking, especially from those scum
Hammers." he said "and best of all NO METAL FACES in this town!"

Hehe, a Mechanist free area, I thought that's worth the price of admission!
I knew he was going to try to talk me into doing a job for him,
but I owe the guy a few favors so I went along, after all, devoid
of Mechanist toys, whatever he's after in Blackbrook has to be easy
pickings right?

WRONG!

"Look Garrett, I've been trying to screw up the nerve to do it myself"
he said, "but let's face it, I just dont have the skills you do, and
if we dont take advantage of their weak security right now, they'll
plug the holes and we'll miss out!"
I listened quietly, what Brenner was proposing involved robbing the
Blackbrook chapter of the Hammerites.

"They've just reopened the prison below the temple,
apparently with all the commotion in recent times,
the town's jails cant handle everyone they're arresting,
so the King has gone hat in hand to those punks!
Thought I would never see the day...." he said

"It's worse in the City" I replied "The Hammer High
Priest has been playing around with some of Karras's
broken toys, trying to advance his own agenda I guess.."

Brenner snarled at the mention of the High Priest's Name.
"Word has it they dont have an alarm system installed yet, but
that could change in a matter of days, and when they do, they'll
wire up the whole facility..and even YOU wouldn't be able
to get to the goods."

I cracked a smile, "You might be suprised old friend, but
it does make sense to do the job now rather than wait and
let the Hammers improve their security, whats the best way in?"

"Right here", he pointed to a spot on a crude map.

"The front door?!" I said in disbelief.

"Through the opening in the roof behind the doors silly,
look the Hammers dont dare try to patrol around the streets
here at night cause the townspeople would'nt tolerate it
for a second, so they rely on their outer wall and steel doors
to keep everyone out. With all the buildings packed so closely
together, it'll be easy to get there from the roofs of the
nearby buildings, you can lower yourself through the portal
and you'll be inside. The place isnt too brightly lit,
so it should be easy pickings once you get inside."

"Yeah it's the easy jobs that get you killed," I pondered
"Just how am I supposed to get out of there once I'm done?
from the looks of it, other than the main gates which
will be locked and barred, theres no
other way in or out of there."

"Not topside, but in the prison area there's a tunnel leading
to the sewer system, the doors to it are sure to be locked
tight, but I'm sure you can handle that. Once you get to
the sewers you're home free, plenty of places to make your
escape from there."

I couldn't help but laugh "So to get free, I'll have to sneak
into jail? Hehe only you could come up with a plan like that!
Alright lets get started"