redface on 22/4/2020 at 11:55
He is obviously a gambler. And his landlord charges him extra for being shady.
Relayer2112 on 30/4/2020 at 14:09
I think the unwritten assumption is that Garrett got mixed up in some Ponzi scheme some time between The Dark Project and The Metal Age. The original title of Thief 2 was supposed to be called "The Madoff Age", but they scrapped it. That's the explanation I've been going with anyway.
sicarius on 5/5/2020 at 17:40
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I wondered: Why is Garrett so poor? As we all know, Garrett is quite capapble of getting precious Gems, treasures that are precious even to nobles or even lost Antiquettes in some city that is abandoned long ago.
He collects them in tons and these things must be worth quite a lot.
Despite all this, Garrett is still Poor, or at least we must say "not rich". He doesn't even have his own apartement and need to go making money to pay his rent.
Of course we can say that these are just game design. However, is it realistic for a master thief like Garrett to live like this? Any idea?
You are not that far with the story so I will try to keep it spoiler-free. Having his own real property would be impossible, Garrett is to be killed on sight by guards, has enemies in the financial and political elites. As for the poverty, Garrett used to be an ordained keeper initiate taking an oath to maintain balance. To seal this they cursed him so that he cannot drink, gamble, get rich or lose his virginity (he learned this the hard way with Basso's sister, thus the growing contempt for the keeper order). Had he managed to break the curse he would succumb to these desires.
By the end of TDS he manages to lift his curse (oath sealed by glyph) and his alcoholism and late-stage STDs render him unworthy of his title of "master thief." This explains the control issues and shaking in Thi4f.Darkness_Falls on 5/5/2020 at 18:52
Thief 4 clearly explains this through its gameplay. He was saving up to buy the Swoop ability.
chk772 on 5/5/2020 at 19:02
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Thief 4 clearly explains this through its gameplay. He keeps all those gems in his personal show cases.
FTFY. :p
Darkness_Falls on 5/5/2020 at 20:21
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FTFY. :p
:D ;)
elymmit on 6/11/2021 at 11:12
If by not rich you mean not as rich as the nobles, true. He steals priceless heirlooms and trinkets from the nobles but I doubt that would make a noticeable dent in their coffers.
Perhaps Garrett has read The Richest Man in Babylon and invests his hard earned income in The City Spice Company and is rent-vesting so he can live where he needs to for work while farming renters to cover his mortgages so he can make all the capital gains when he sells. Obviously he's still building wealth.
Or maybe ZylonBane is onto something, Ale and whores.
OutlawTaffer on 10/11/2021 at 02:50
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The fact that he doesn't have his own flat perfectly makes sense to me, as
he had to leave his home because of a fence selling him out in Thief II: The Metal Age.In a fan mission for Deadly Shadows, Garrett is kicked out of his apartment ("Evicted") for not paying rent. So there's that. :P
Azaran on 10/11/2021 at 20:47
Also, it's hard to keep a low profile when you're rich, so there's that
Jashin on 11/11/2021 at 02:09
I don't know why or how, but somehow people are under the impression that Garrett cleans house. You know, check every room, emptying out piggy banks, stops to pick up the dimes and nickels on the floor and all.
See, the thing is he really only takes a few items instead of comedically dragging a big bag of clanking metals behind him. Cus if you did that, combined with the clogs he already wears, risks making the short career of thieving an even shorter one.
