Avandra

[continued from Bahamut]

In the first round, Bahamut received an unbeatable hand and attempted to lure his brothers in with small bets and expressions of disappointment at his foul luck. Mercador, the cleverest of the three, was wary of his brother's act and so bowed out, losing only a handful of gold. Avandra, however, supremely confident as he was, raised the stakes ever higher until Bahamut had him where he wanted him. He feigned exasperation and claimed that the only way that he could be convinced to stay in the game was if Avandra was willing to offer up his legendarily quick hands to the pot. Avandra agreed immediately and called for his brother to match the bet. Bahamut did so and then revealed his cards. He did not wait to see his brother's cards but instead began to laugh boisterously while demanding that he cut off his hands and hand them over.

In his anger, Avandra snatched out his brother's deceitful tongue, threw it to the ground, and squished it with his boot. Bahamut was justifiably furious but Mercador merely laughed. He was able to quell the situation by pointing out the humor in it. It was pretty funny after all and they were all still pretty drunk. So with Bahamut calmed, Avandra's hands were removed and switched with Bahamut's and the next round began.

[see Mercador for a continuation of the story]