The King of Beggars

The King of Beggars is a fable about an elven vagrant who became a great and mighty warrior. He scraped together a suit of armor comprised of pieces from all over Akhror, as well as a large two-handed weapon (the style of weapon changes from telling to telling; sometimes he even has a full arsenel), which he used to protect the poor and needy. Despite this, he was shunned by high society. Eventually he went off and settled a city of his own, allowing all of Akhror's beggars to live freely and in peace under the heel of their oppressive overlords, but the Empire took this as a direct threat and sieged the city, killing him and many of his followers.

The story is mostly observed by lower-class citizens, primarily elves, many of whom ignore--or simply aren't aware of--the tale's sad ending. Some believe the ending was added later by the upper-class in order to suppress dissent.