Location Laviku's Figurehead

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Laviku's Figurehead Buisness - Carpentry, Woodcarving, furniture, figureheads and nautical items. Recognizable from a distance as one of the few buildings almost entirely built from wood. Due to both it's flammable nature and weather sensitive materials it is placed well away from other craft shops like the blacksmith and is hidden on one side from the sea by the stone buildings on the other side of the Old Quarter going towards the pass. When a ship or two is in the process of being built of repaired captains and shipwrights are often seen tramping through the old quarter (often grumbling about the hike from the docks). All for the sake of specialty items such as the name sake of the shop, figureheads, heavy steering wheels or other such necessities. Named for the figurehead of Laviku greeting customers just outside the building. It is in fact part shop and part workshop catering towards carpentry and woodcarving. The front half appears to be a mash of wooden furniture and nautical adornments; from tables and chairs to figureheads and massive steering wheels. Wooden crafts and trinkets, broom handles and staves adorn the wall where tool such as saws, drills and files do not. If one looks past the clutter of objects against and on the wall they could see shapes made from Vian wood set against the walls over the interior planks; the owner being a very paranoid man towards magic and with being so close to the university he insisted on the beautiful blue wood. Naturally it was cut, shaped and carved to look like waves as a tribute to the god of the sea. Whereas towards the back lay the main work area containing large worktables studded with vices, all of which tend to be cluttered with designs and sketches as well as the healthy amount of various grades sawdust. Under the stairs huddles the entrance to a back backroom built to store various types of wood in various forms. Oak to the most exotic jungle wood, beams to sheets, the room is expansive; holding up much of the second floor. The second floor contains several boarding rooms for the owner and his apprentices and a communal area consisting of a kitchen, a storage room and dining room. Behind the store is a small patch of herbs shared by an apothecary shop and a series of vats in various shapes and sizes to help shape and warp wood. NPC Info : Boris Heigan Gender: Male Age: 34 Location: Zeltiva Carpentry 73/100 Carving 59/100 Mathematics 26/100 Organization 32/100 Painting 10/100 Intimidation 18/100 The current owner of the small, well maintained shop. Meticulous in nature (when sober) and shrewd in business. Where his former partner was skilled in woodcraving, he is skilled in carpentry, but it was his buisness practices that made the shop what it is today. His gravely, course voice coupled with the speech impediment belays his keen intellect, which he often uses to his advantage in negotiations. Yet, when he gives his word, in business and in private matters, he always keeps his end of the bargain. After that bargain is met he spends much of his day working on that and usually a few other commissions or honing his craft and managing records and finances. When a ship is in the works and requires his direct attentions he goes to the docks and shipyards to work on ships. Whereas in the evening he spends his time carousing on east street or drinking at the Kelp bar. When approached he stands tall over his patrons, at least 6'11 with thick layers of muscle and fat on his body. The top of his head glints while thinning hair creeps back, now mostly gray but formerly a fiery red. His thick arms attest to his former work as construction carpenter and his nimble gait seems to hint at work aboard a sea faring vessel. While his face would otherwise be considered round and personable, he is seen as intimidating by the fierce grimace he constantly wears. Healers that he has seen claim that the semi-paralysis is some sort of palsy, of which he has found no cure from the many such people he solicited. This leaden his tongue and makes it hard for him speak, contributing to somewhat quiet demeanor, unless of course he as a bit of ale in him. By Mattias