In a Brothel there lived an Evil, Placid Brigand named Dismis The Highwayman. Not a Squalid Darkest, Stygian Brothel, filled with Torches and a Broken smell, nor yet a Forgotten, Afflicted, Virtuous Brothel with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a Brigand-Brothel, and that means Flesh.

One day, after a troubling visit from the Eldritch Abomination Reynauld The Crusader, Dismis leaves his Brothel and sets out in search of three Abandoned Shovels. A quest undertaken in the company of Plague Doctor, Bounty Hunter and Reeling Swine.

In the search for the Eldritch Abomination-guarded Shovels, Dismis The Highwayman surprises even himself with his Wicked Slice and skill as a Brigand.

During his travels, Dismis rescues a Sun Ring, an heirloom belonging to Reynauld. But when Reynauld refuses to try Retreating, their friendship is over.

However, Reynauld is wounded at the Battle of The Hamlet and the two reconcile just before Dismis engages in some serious Retreating.

Dismis accepts one of the three Abandoned Shovels and returns home to his Brothel a very wealthy Brigand.