The Dagger

The Dagger was a member of a group of criminals that made a living stealing and selling valuables. He was a human bandit captain, and was one of the early antagonists of the 1,000 Mile March campaign.

## History

The Dagger was initially one of several members of a group of criminals, which included other infamous members such as Sky. There the Dagger earned his nickname, as well as gained his expertise in using daggers in combat. He collected daggers in very large numbers, eventually commissioning a special outfit that allowed him to line the entire inside of it with daggers, letting him throw an effectively limitless amount of them during battle. Additionally, this interior lining provided a personal defense against attacks similar to chainmail.

After the group had a falling out, the Dagger moved out to the 1,000 Mile March to continue his usual criminal escapades by himself. He would frequent the hidden safehouses looking to offer his criminal expertise to those that needed it. At one point, he was given a tip about a fugitive wearing rusty looking plate armor and wielding a halberd. He met up with Bronze Cursemore in a tavern hidden within a tree trunk, and together they planned to capture this fugitive and turn him in for a gold reward. Eventually they found this fugitive, who turned out to be Rust, standing alone on the trail in a swamp. While trying to sneak up to him and ambush him, they accidentally alert a group of Duefons that it turns out Rust was hiding from, and all three of them fight side by side against the Duefons. The Dagger saves Bronze's life while Rust escapes, then quickly runs back to the two after spotting a land frigate captained by Col. Briggs. The land frigate pursues him, and after a brief battle, Bronze and Rust are captured while the Dagger makes his escape.

After spending more time on the trail, the Dagger eventually became the head of his own group of bandits, frequently ambushing groups first venturing onto the trail and stealing their belongings. His authority over them was mostly established through brute force, threatening to kill members if they did not obey his commands. One day, the Dagger received word that a particular group of travelers had thwarted their attempts at ambushing them, so he used his network of bandit lookouts to locate them and deal with them himself. There he faced off against the current protagonists of the 1,000 Mile March campaign, Johnny Kritz, Roug, Luthis Hawkfist, Delmuth Magfir, Drago, and Uncomfortable. Name, Roug's tamed young axebeak, also participated in the fight. While the Dagger faced the party head on in the middle of the path, his group of bandits fired crossbow bolts at the party to assist. Initially, Roug and Drago dealt with the Dagger in melee combat, while the rest of the party dealt with the nearby bandits. The Dagger was able to hold his own against Roug and Drago, and as the other members of the party took down the nearby bandits, one by one they joined Roug and Drago in fighting the Dagger. Eventually the Dagger was completely surrounded, swinging his daggers wildly at his attackers and parrying attacks as they came. Despite his best efforts, he was eventually overwhelmed as Luthis dealt a killing blow to him with his maul, crushing his head like a watermelon. The last surviving nearby bandit immediately surrendered, knowing that the leader who had forced them to become criminals was no longer there to harm them. Despite this, Roug, Johnny, and Drago continued to try and kill the bandit. Roug slashed him with his greataxe, Johnny with his handaxe, and Drago dealt the killing blow by throwing one of the Dagger's own daggers at him.

## Personality

The Dagger was a selfish brute that used violence to get what he wanted. That being said, he would only openly use violence whenever he believed he had the upper hand in a situation, preferring to ambush weaker or less experienced victims.

## Trivia

* The Dagger was the first "boss" in the 1,000 Mile March campaign, and had the statistics of a bandit captain.
* The Dagger's token is the Heavy from Team Fortress 2 wearing the Warhood cosmetic.
* The session in which the Dagger's fight against the 1,000 Mile March party occurs is the only one of two sessions in the history of the 1,000 Mile March setting that has been recorded on video. The other recorded session was the final session for the Blair Ablaze campaign.
* The tavern the Dagger meets up with Bronze Cursemore in is the same tavern that the party of the 1,000 Mile March would later find refuge in and meet Merlin Magfir.

## Appendix

### Appearances

* The 1,000 Mile March
* Blair Ablaze (Bronze Cursemore's session zero)