Of all the thieves who have ever lived, none is more well known or more debated about than Ferat.  Some say he was the greatest thief who ever lived, most say that he was, at best, the second or third greatest.  But those who know say that Ferat was the best, and he was so good that he could make it look like he wasn't.

     Ferat was known for such things as pulling off a major jewel heist and then getting caught a week later picking the mayors pocket.  He would be placed in prison, and though it seemed he never actively tried to escape, it just seemed that events would transpire so that it seemed that fate would just have him get let out.  In example, three prisons he was in burned to the ground, and there was no way that Ferat could have done, or was there?

     Perhaps Ferats most famous scheme was when the Baron of Centopolis, Derrin Cerillous, hosted the greatest show of goldsmithing skills ever heard of.  He held a contest where he invited all the goldsmiths of the land to display their skills.  Centopolis would supply all of the gold to be worked in the contest and the winner would not only gain the notoriety of being the best in the land, and a lucrative government contract, but he would also gain all the gold used in the contest.   With all the gold that was sure to be in town , especially with all of the goldsmiths selling wares, this was sure to be a great target for every thief within a thousand miles.

     When Ferat was spotted in town Derrin tripled the already doubled guards he had in town and even went so far as to hire Paladins from the local churches to guard the massive stores of gold that were waiting for the contest.  The Baron started to hear rumors, of Ferat bragging in taverns and to his friends that he planned a score that would be talked about for years to come, the Baron became even more paranoid an had every available guard on duty the night before the contest.  The day of the contest came, and when the Baron went to see the gold stores he found it perfectly intact, the guards had captured, fought, and jailed almost thirty thieves, but Ferat had never been seen, and all the gold was accounted for.  Derrin breathed a sigh of relief and went on to judge the contest, which everyone in town went to watch, and it went without any problems.  Glad he had stopped Ferat from ruining anything The Baron returned home for sum much need sleep.

     But when he arrived home something struck him as odd...   He just couldn't put his finger on it...  Hmmm...  And then it came to him, staggered by what had happened Derrin stumbled and sat on the ground, stunned.   Every piece of art, every mirror, and every piece of silverware was missing from his castle.  All of it.  Gone.  All that was in place of the Great Mirror which stood in his prized ball room was a simple note.

     When Ferat died at the ripe old age of fifty, the imperial constables went through his hovel and found nothing of value.  A few gold coins, but nothing like what he should have had.  They were going to bury him in the potters field but then came the mourners, hundreds of them.  From scholars, to fellow thieves, to the curious, they came, and erected a monument on his grave site.  And carved into the stone above Ferats tomb are the words left for Baron Cerillous "I hit em where they ain't."

     Years later, during a pilgrimage to Ferats tomb a group of counter-thievery agents working for the king decided to go through Ferats rotting old shack to see if they could find anything of interest, and they did.  A passageway never found before.  It took 18 months to explore the winding caverns, filled with traps and monsters and dangerous passageways it was uncountable miles till they reached the end, a large set of double doors, heavy and made of iron.  It took three days till they could pick the lock and get it open, but when they did they found riches beyond the dreams of avarice.  Every thing that Ferat had ever stolen, here, in one massive room, and attached to a stature of the king himself, was a note in the shaky hand of an old man saying "I hid 'em where they ain't."  Finding another door at the end of the giant storage room the opened it, followed the long ancient passage, up the stairs, and walked into a pair of Imperial guards.  Ferat had hidden everything right where no one would ever look, right in the Kings own vaults.

     Ferats Ring is made of gold, and has a large, high quality fake diamond in it.

     The wearer of Ferats ring will be able to see the choice that other men cannot see, to see what other men do not expect.  However, the wearer of Ferats ring can never make the easy choice if the difficult one will have a favorable result.  Just as Ferat never killed except in self defense, the wearer of Ferats ring can not kill except in self defense or creatures of pure evil.

     It is not known where Ferats Ring is now, as it was hidden by the thirteen fates after Aladaars death until it is needed again.

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