This pistol is simple and solidly-made, lacking the ornate decoration of a nobleman’s dueling-gun but with strong and skillful construction which makes it above-average for a weapon of the lower classes.
It belonged to a highwayman, that is clear, but it is welltaken care of, and is not in the state of decay of most bandits’ equipment. It appears that this particular brigand knew his way around guns. This familiarity with guns makes it probable that this highwayman was a renegade soldier from the Ipsarican army; another clue to this is that the pistol’s design is that of an Ipsarican lower-officer’s sidearm (with the peculiar curled pin which is common in Ipsaria).
On the side of the pistol is enscribed a consecration- it is a tiny image of a robed man with a bandanna on his face, and a few words:
“Starless night, darkened mist, the body swings from the tree”
It is a common simple consecration to Nahrem, the God of Crossroads and patron of highwaymen (among other, darker brotherhoods).
It is a serviceable piece, and will be a fine weapon for an adventurer, particularly one who is suited to and capable with firearms. However, the maintenance of the weapon, as well as the procuring of special gunning alchemy (such as delayed agents, gunner’s mercury, or anodustic acid) can be moderately expensive, though not, by any means, beyond a somewhat successful fighter’s abilities to recompense. The consecration to Nahrem may attract unwanted attention- in some places, a sign of devotion to such a deity will gain a person immediate arrest or even lynching under suspicion of being a bandit or sorceror.