[Merchant] Weapon Sales & Repairs: The Whetstone

[Tribal]

The Whetstone Due to the nature of the Sea of Grass, many Drykas have some kind of weapon skill, creating a healthy demand for metal materials and blacksmiths. Unfortunately, Endrykas' mobility does not lend to the equipment heavy requirements of smelting and forging metals. As such, blades of steel, arrow- and spearheads, and weapons exotic to Endrykas are purchased at various points during the Run. Weapon repairs and trading is primarily organized by the Whetstone family, who are outstanding masters of their crafts. In their pavilion they store weaponry in bulk; Folding tables arranged in rows flaunt an arsenal of swords(short long and great), maces, axes, daggers, bows, staves, and other weapons. In the back of the workshop several portable forges and anvils are arranged for efficient workmanship. Despite the difficulties of moving tonnes of inventory across Cyphrus, Ecere Rainsteel manage to put together a rhythm of trade as Endrykas nears the Syliran and Ekytolian borders. Loads of metal sheets and raw weapon material exchanged in ways that minimize the overall weight carried in between stops on the Run. Also offered at the Whetstone is embossing for leather armour, shields, and weaponry. Drykas are a proud people who take pleasure in displaying their clan designs, colours and motifs on their weapons, clothing, armour, bags and yvases. Her children and grand children continue the Rainsteel legacy, performing simple to moderately complex repairs, and the various aspects of the blacksmith and weaponsmith crafts. It is not unusual for apprenticing, extended or visiting family to represent the clan in an honourable way by working as messengers, running between pavilians to collect requests, coin, and deliver goods to buyers. The majority of their pavilion is focused on repair and production; however, the front “room” is dedicated to the sale of arms. Price List Native, Ranged - Shortbow 20 GM - Longbow 60 GM - Composite Shortbow 60 GM - Composite Longbow 90 GM - Javelin 1 GM - Sling 1 SM Native, Melee - Dagger 5 GM - Knife 1 GM - Shortsword 20 GM - Halfspear 1 GM - Longsword 30 GM - Quarterstaff 1 GM - Shortspear 2 GM - Longspear 5 GM Exotic, Melee - Light Mace 10 GM - Kukri 10 GM - Heavy Mace 25 GM - Light Flail 10 GM - Tulwar 45 GM - Scimitar 30 GM - Bastard Sword 70 GM Exotic, Ranged - Light Crossbow 40 GM - Heavy Crossbow 50 GM - 3-Ball Bolas 20 GM Ammunition - Sling Bulllets (10) 1 SM - Shortbow Arrows (20) 1 GM - Crossbow Bolts (10) 2 GM - Longbow Arrows (20) 1 GM Embossing -Leather (by size: small 1 GM, medium 5 GM, large 10+GM) -Metal (by size: small 25 GM, medium 50 GM, large 75+GM) • The native items are generally available year-round. Exotic items, including the ammunition, are less common, and are generally more expensive than their native counterparts. • Metal items are doubly-expensive, both to buy and to repair. Due to Endrykas’s nomadic nature, the smith cannot carry the necessary equipment to heat iron and steel to high temperatures. • Consult An Endrykas Moderator for any embossing done for your character. NPCs Ecere and her brother Kie perform majority of the repairs in the back, as well as the making of bows and spear hafts. Ecere’s two sons Caloke and Sullivan run the front of the shop and together they organize the imports and inventory, collect requests for repairs, and peform sales for the entire shop. Just newly introduced into the family and it's business is Eryne, Sullivan's wife. While she does not have the metalworking skills of her husband, her sweet voice makes getting through a rough day all the more enjoyable. Their unborn children will undoubtedly inherit the skills required to pass on the Rainsteel Legacy and honour their family name. Ercere Skills: Weaponsmithing: 85 Fletching/Bowing: 60 Blacksmithing: 83 Embossing: 95 Kie Skills: Blacksmithing: 90 Weaponsmithing: 50 Storytelling: 78 Embossing: 80 Caloke Skills: Fletching:90 Blacksmithing Leadership: 70 Sullivan Skills: Blacksmithing: 85 Weaponsmithing: 90 Intimidation: 80

[Lenya Hiddencreek]

Season of Summer, day 20, 515 AV

Lenya was very aware that she had never left the Emerald Clan pavillions for so long before. But now she was on her own, and needed some weapon of her own, if only just for her own peace of mind. She nodded a quick greeting to the smiths, before scanning the store for a bow. She had tried many of her siblings weapons in her childhood, and bows were the only ones that made some sort of sense to her. Finally, she spotted some in the far corner of the shop. A longbow and a shortbow. She ran a finger longingly along the longbow.
"How much?" she called to the gruff smith.
"60 gold Mizah's." he replied shortly. 60? With only 100 GM's left in her savings, 60 was out of the question. "The shortbow is only 20." he added.
"Short bow it is." she decided aloud, fishing 20 gm's from her pouch. The smith grunted his thanks as she slung the bow and the matching quiver over her shoulder. She quickly departed from the shop, in search of more familiar territory.