
by jollybane
Egbert was a mercilessly effective tax collector in his first life, Orphanages, Nobility, Clergy, none were safe from the bespectacled gaze of his. When he gets reborn as a dungeon, that can only advance by making money, things get rather... meanspirited. Egbert will do whatever it takes to nickel and dime every single copper he can from adventurers he cons into his depths. Inbred fisherfolk, concerningly drunk knights, even overeager orcs. All are fair game for his fleecing. Except the mages, those pretentious dicks are getting fed to the mimics.
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Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 02:28 UTC
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