Dragon's Fire

But at the same time, not all of her adventures were of the illegal variety. Her father, the one person she still respected, had warned her against becoming a petty thief, and she took his advice very seriously. Her sorceress skills came in handy in many cases to help with local problems and issues. One instance she remembered vividly involved helping one village rid themselves of a pest problem: several goblins had invaded their town, and courtesy of her rogue and sorceress powers, she eliminated the problem. There wouldn't be a goblin problem in that town for quite some time. And then there was the two days she spent with the commander of a small army, trying to help him defend his small kingdom from a contingency of orcs. Between her father's teachings and the tricks she had learned through her wanderings, she was able to help him devise a way to turn the tides of the battle and save his kingdom. That adventure redeemed her name, and made a lot of people wonder about her morals. This infamous rogue and assassin, helping to save people? Many people couldn't understand why she did it, but she simply didn't like to see people get slaughtered by beasts like those orcs. She still chuckled at the look on the commander's face when she told him her "true" name, Talon, at the end of the battle. He stared at her in awe as she walked away. That was the reaction she got every time she did something nice for someone. People weren't capable of accepting the fact that she could do anything but steal and con.