[Location] Cutters and Carvers

[Leviathan]

Cutters and Carvers Lumber is important to everybody, regardless of race, beliefs, or location. For housing, for furniture, to weaponry. Sunberth too needs a large supply of lumber, and as such, there is a market for the collection of lumber, and carving of wood. This place, run by the 'Cutter and Carver' brothers (who are actually twins), supplies most of Sunberth's wood and lumber needs. The brothers cut the wood down from the vast wildlands just outside of Sunberth, which are vast enough to stretch all the way to Avanthal to the north and the edge of Cyphrus to the west. From there, they take the lumber to their own workshop, store, and home and they cut the wood into whatever they need. From firewood to strung durable recurve bows, the Cutter and Carver brothers do it all. Despite these two seeming to be fairly straight shooters by Sunberth standards, they also have secrets of their own that are well hidden. Members of the Night Eyes. It is rumored among a very few people that the Woodcutters' workshop also doubles as one of many secret hideouts for the Night Eyes, and is occasionally responsible for carrying or storing illegal merchandise for the Night Eyes. But so far, their involvement at all is unproven. NPCs Kander Carver Kander Carver is known as the "Cutter", but this isn't for any dark, mysterious, or silent reasons. Of the brothers, he is the stronger, the one that tends to cut down trees and haul them home for carving, which is his brother's specialty. The Cutter cuts down the trees, cuts the lumber, and so on. When comparing the brothers, one will find they are identical in appearance, except for small personal preferences such as hair length, how long they'll go before shaving their face, or clothing worn. Besides this, they can only be separated by personality, and even that doesn't change much. Kander is known for being the gentle silent type, honest but never telling anybody what they shouldn't know. To most people, he is as trustworthy as anybody in Sunberth can be. A hardworking laborer with incredible natural strength from decades of cutting wood. He's a man with a seemingly simple non-chaotic life, but that's what happens when you actually live outside of Sunberth, you have that luxury of living (almost) in peace. Skills - Woodcutting 70, Body Building 45, Carving 35, Brawling 45, Wrestling 25, Weapon: Woodsman's Ax 72, Driving 30 Keith "Dean" Carver Keith, either called Dean or Carver, is remarkably like his brother Kander. He may be more talkative than his brother, but he's not arrogant or obnoxious in his speech. Just as hard of a worker at Kander is, Keith is skilled more with his hands and their finesse rather than muscle and strength. Where Keith will still go an cut lumber for countless reasons, he will more often than not be found at the workshop carving or preparing wood for personal use or sale. Keith has been known to, on occasion, go into the City and assist Ol' Legs with repairs, when there's a short time frame and a lot of work to be done. Dean himself is a straightforward man, never beating around the bush or verbally avoiding the point to conversations. He speaks when he needs something, wants something, or feels his words are important, or a question is to be answered, other than that he is just as silent as his brother, or the wood they work with. When potential customers or employees come to the Cutters and Carvers, Keith is always the one to deal with them, strike deals, make sales, and hire people for work. It's rumored that when the Night Eyes came looking for control of the place, he struck a deal with them behind Kander's back, but there's no visible resentment between the brothers, either one would take an arrow to the chest for the other. Skills: Woodcutting 30, Carving 80, Fletching 45, Body Building 20, Negotiation 30, Weapon: Carpenter's Axe 45, Weapon: Knife 40, Brawling: 55

Location Owned by the Night Eyes

[Antar]

8th day of spring 511av.

Antar Noth silently made his way into the shop, wondering if this was the correct place to go or not. He'd heard Tua's jobs were a bit of a shady deal sometimes, and wondered if he was getting the shorter end of the stick since he hadn't the coppers to pay at the start. Perhaps these brothers weren't what they seemed and instead were looking for some body parts for some nefarious deed of magical mayhem?

Whatver the case Antar needed a job, and he still didn't know where "Legs'' at the docks was but he'd be trying to make his way there if this went well. What he found surprised him, a beginning take of a workshop.

Unsure if this was the correct place, and unwanting to disturb anyone by sneaking up on them. (as in sunberth this might get one dead rather easily) Noth called out politely, " Hello, is anyone there? I was told to come here to inquire about a job?"

[Leviathan]

It seemed strange that the inside of the Workshop would be empty of life. Partially constructed objects that had yet to obtain identity, wood that had been thoroughly sanded and sized up, but had yet to be cut into. No Carver brothers in sight. Yet, simply calling out for them, there was silence, a very brief moment, before a strong voice called out in reply. "We're in the back!" Behind the workshop, not so strange after all. When Antar traveled outside and around the shop, he would find the two brothers doing their usual thing. Kandar was splitting logs in single swipe of that ax, and Antar couldn't help but imagine what a stroke like that would do to a man's neck. Keith was busying himself by loading up a large cart, which was hooked up to a single large young horse who seemed eager to prove his strength by hauling gods-know-how-much lumber into town. Wood loaded, he ran the back of his wrist across his brow and walked over to Antar, extending towards him a strong sweat-soaked palm for a greeting. Thus far, the brothers seemed clean by Sunberth standards. "How are you? You can call me Dean. By the gods it's hot today isn't it?" Keith grinned lightly as he stared at Antar, it was almost strange to have someone staring into your eyes but not with the intention of scaring, frightening, or predicting your motive. "What can I do for you?"

[Antar]

Noth smiled a bit as he saw the horse, wondering if the young buck might have a bit of a charger or warhorse's blood in him if it was capable of hauling a pile of lumber at least as high as he was.

He cast a look at the man in front of him, recognizing a sort of easy going demeanor that he used to possess himself. But still, Noth knew sunberth was a place where appearances weren't always what they seemed.

To the man's comment about the heat and what he might be helped with, Antar chuckled a bit before replying, "Well Sir, may I call you sir? I'm here because a man named Tuic said it might be a good place to come and talk to a pair of brothers to see if I might find a place of work. As I see you with an axe here, I must presume you to be one of them and what one must do to earn a position of employment here."

Noth reached up and scratched the back of his head, as a smile cracked through his nervous demeanor. "As for the remarks about the heat... I would say it is hotter then the ashen ground of an active volcano, or as if one was standing on that fire pit they got just outside sunberth. But that's just a poor opinion of a man from the north is all."

[Leviathan]

Keith grinned as he greeted Antar with a firm handshake and an encouraging nod. "Yes, there's always a ton of work to be done out here. The whole os Sunberth needs lumber for something and we're pretty much the only ones that supply it. We're always busy, so if you are a hardworker who doesn't tend to be slack offor shirk your duties, then we can definitely use you. Strong young man, just what we need." Keith chuckled lightly as he motioned for Antar to follow him. Like he said, there was always work to be done, and while Keith was introducing himself and discussing business, his twin brother kept himself preoccupied by chopping wood at a skillful and frighteningly impressive pace. Keith was once again gathering the wood and hauling it to the wagon, it would be taken to Sunberth later for certain. "Like I said, we are always busy. We need carpenters, we need wood cutters, we need some strong natural muscle to haul wood. If you can drive a cart, we have a use for you. If you can do raw physical labor, we have a use for you. So, tell me, what is it you expect or want to get out of this, besides money of course." Keith was smiling again, always smiling through that face sprinkled with droplets of sweat streaming down his brow and chin. Keith seemed to love his honest hardworking business.

[Antar]

Noth looked a bit appreciative of the list of jobs before he smiled to himself as Keith went off into a descriptive length. It seemed this younger brother had a flair for the business end of things, while the older brother happily carved his way into the foliage with an axe. Trimming off the extra branches, notches and knoles in the massive trunks as he went about his work.

When asked what he wanted to learn to get out of this deal, Noth smiled and answered truthfull, "My good sir, the answer is simple: to learn everything in due time. I wouldn't mind starting at the woodcutter position, to learn how to judge which trees are rotten, which are good, and follow the woods progression throughout its transformation to something useful. Be it a plank in a house, a bit of cabinetry in the making, or a spry switch of strips glued and carved into a bow. And driving a carriage, or learning to ride a horse doesn't sound bad either to learn how such goods are taken to market. In other words sir, my untrained skills are at your disposal to develop in the manner which might help suit your business. I'm no slacker by any degree, no matter what the task."

[Leviathan]

Keith stopped his work for a moment to approach Antar once more and extend his hand, a handshake to more or less seal the deal on this thing. "You sound like just the kind of person we need around here. We can offer three gold mizzas a day for your work, and if you learn a good amount of carpentry, woodcutting, and a myriad of side skills, you could find yourself too be more valuable to us, and earning more because of it. What do you say?" Keither, paused for a moment before Antar took his hand in agreement, he had one more important thing to say first. "Sunberth isa a violent place, living so far outside the city often brings us trouble, rogues trying to overtake our shipments, sometimes thieves or arsonists trying to ruin our workshop. We'll need help in guarding from these things.

[Antar]

Sighing a bit to himself at the mention of the fact there were always some sorts of unruly people who wanted to harm the brothers business, Noth decided to put a bit of actions forward instead of words. Taking care to walk ten paces away from Keith Noth looked out into the forest of trees and wood, spying an interesting target of a birchbark which had been damaged by lightning.

Quickdrawing his bow, Noth notched the arrow in record speed and fired. Watching as the arrow imbedded itself into the hardened dead bark. Without pause, Noth grabbed another arrow and knocked it, sending it flying to imbed after the first about two inches away. He followed with a third and a fourth, keeping the strikes within a five inch radius of his first shot. The arrowshafts black fletching just stood there in the sun as a silent testament to his skill with a bow.

Turning back to Keith, Noth closed the distance to grab the man's hand and gave it a firm shake of his own. "Honestly Ser, I don't think helping defend your shipments and workspace will be much of a problem for me. Ser. It would only be another excuse to keep my skills handy. My only concern is that Tua told me to also work for a guy named 'Legs' over at the docks on a few repair jobs. So if I could work for both of you, I think I'd be able to work a bit faster if we could work out an arrangement. Would four days a week here be good? If I can't find 'Legs' I'll be glad to pickup here full time, as much as you need."

[Leviathan]

OOCSorry Antar, your skills do not support your actions with the bow. Competent does not mean you can make a perfect line of arrows with mathematical precision at any distance. I'm going to pretend that part didn't happen.

Keith nodded as he shook Antar's hand. "Of course, you'll get paid for the days you work. Ol' legs is a good old man, but he doesn't often have work. Not too many ships come around to Sunberth, and even fewer leave in working condition. Legs, if you find him, may or may not even hire you on, and sure as hell won't pay very well. Stingy old codger he is. I'm going to consider you working with us then. Let me know if anything changes your mind."

OOCAntar will be working for 3 gm a day. To earn your seasonal wages, you'll have to write three(at least)threads about working for the Carver brothers. This can be anything from splitting logs, stacking lumber in carts, whittling, carpentry, etc. If you want to use the Brothers extensively, you'll have to get a modded thread with me or my permission to use them. To do a thread where you fend off assaults or arson attempts, you'll require a modded thread by me. Any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to ask.

[Antar]

OocWoah, that wasn't a straight line, it's within a five inch radius, and thus a ten inch diameter zone of the first shot which means basically spaced out in the red and yellow zones of a common tournament target #_#. Which for qualifying for RL tourneys in the juniors you need to place at least 7 out of 10 shots within that red to yellow (http://www.kttape.com/wp-content/uploads//Archery-target-150x150.jpg) or 8,10-12 zone if you go by the IBO scoring for animal targets. Well within competent medieval standards too. How did you get in a line from a radius ?_?, Just making this point here so you know I'm not overplaying the skills, (I do have some RL knowledge here from Renfair and hunting but I'll chalk this misunderstanding to my own fallabilities of my my posts being unclear. Sorry for the long winded explanation.

Noth nodded to Keith, and smiled before thanking him. "Very well Ser, I'll be by soon to start my duties with you both.

oocAs for using the cutter and carver brothers in threads, I'll be asking you for permission to use them later :3. Now it's time to start some threads