Editing Guiness (section)

==Guinness' Past==

This much he will tell of his past, and is part of the public knowledge of him:

At 13 he found himself in badly fitting chain-mail, with a broad sword and a helm and a round shield, dragged along uncertain of why, into a smelly dungeon.  A series of close calls followed in which he was almost killed every time. Afterwards he was given a bag with thousands of silver pieces and a couple hundred gold pieces.  The bag even had a small amount of jewels.  The adventurers who had dragged him along gave him a magic sword and a magic leather jacket. 

Suddenly rich beyond his wildest dreams he set off to the big city and thought himself embarking on a career as an adventurer. In the big city he found that he was well off, far from rich.  He started hanging around a tavern for adventurers and soon became a regular treasure hunter. In between adventures he started working in the tavern to relive boredom.  Soon he was working the docks as well.  

During one adventure things became terrifying beyond his worst nightmares.  The large group he was with was destroyed nearly to a man, and only he and two others survived.  Though the creature they had been stalking was killed it nearly claimed his life and it did cost the lives of nearly all the adventurers the city could produce.   His desire for that kind of life ended in bloodshed.

Of course, he had once again found himself rich beyond even his new dreams of avarice.  As well as equipped with a large collection of magical items.  Of course the remains of the dead and their treasures were returned to their kin as best as possible.  

One of the items was a curious foot shaped device and when he began to use it it disappeared but he knew he had gained its powers.  He could walk in shadow, and he did not age normally.  So he set off again and has been traveling ever since.