A Hand of Knaves

Rogues thieves pirates and neer-do-wells abound in speculative fiction. Sometimes heroic sometimes villainous often somewhere in between rogues are as likely to steal ones heart as ones purse and show little remorse while helping themselves to either.So why do we love them? Because theyre imperfect fallible and even vulnerable under that carefully-maintained world-weary exterior.Rogues represent something we rarely see in our daily lives: ordinary people prepared to take on the powers that be by way of guile and subterfuge. But are they only in it for the loot or are they--deep down--romantic at heart?