I had a little time to play, so I beat level 4 last night, "Assassins." Some local thug sent his goons to kill me. Instead, they fucked up and killed my unscrupulous lockpick dealer. Dick move, guys. What's a guy to do? Get sweet revenge, of course. I tailed the two pricks through the city streets back to their boss' fortress.
A note about the start of this level: I really enjoyed how the streets were laid out to give the appearance of a big town. Once I had actually reached my destination I ran back to discover things were actually a good bit less complex and smaller than I realized, but the route I was forced to follow initially helped convey a sense of size that I appreciated. I also found some nooks that I hadn't noticed on the first pass while following those two; it's the little details that really help sell the world. But enough about that, on to how I dealt with this prick wannabe gangster.
Once I was inside, I quickly cleared out the external courtyards of guards and shoved their bodies in a tower. Then I leapt from the battlements onto the roof of this prick's mansion. I hit up one side of the second floor, looting all the precious trinkets I could, starting with his bedroom(haha, got your candlesticks, buddy), and then heading around to the far side to loot his library with my handy lockpicks. From there it was down to the first floor, maneuvering around his guards, listening in to their conversations as they revealed their master was hanging out down in the basement with his hideously monstrous pets. Great, he's got monsters for pets. Figures.
Eventually I found the entrance to his basement and explored all through there, making sure to procure the necessary key. I snuck through the halls until finally stopping outside the room where the dude in question was. The game wanted me to get revenge by swiping his manpurse from his hip. I decided that wasn't good enough for killing another of my fences and pulled back to explore. Soon enough I found the pit where he housed his pets. I jumped in, drew my sword, and...
THAT'S RIGHT, ASSHOLE, I KILLED YOUR FUCKING DOGS! Or belching dino midgets. Close enough.
I climbed my way back out of the dead pet pit, moved around to where the dude was, then walked up behind him and beat him over the head with my blackjack. I then promptly looted everything that wasn't nailed down in the room before swiping his money bag. I also teabagged him for extra emphasis. Seriously, don't piss me off.
Up next is level 5, in which I apparently break into a thieves guild casino run by the windbreakers, or downwinders, or whatever. Either way, I'm sure their name has something to do with flatulence.
