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<blockquote data-quote="Oghma" data-source="post: 1802104" data-attributes="member: 71"><p><strong>Part V</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Mul, 2nd Rhaan, 998 Part V</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">After stopping at a nearby alchemist’s shop to purchase some of those volatile vials known as alchemist’s fire, as recommended by the late Bonal, we went home to gather our supplies and equipment. I made sure I picked up my previously purchased alchemist’s fire, so we all were able to have one vial each.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">We were able to follow Elaydren’s map to the lowest levels of the Dorasharn Towers fairly easily, using bridges, walkways and stairs. As we went down, light from the morning sky gradually faded and was replaced by the dimmer light of the everbright lanterns. Tunnels and corridors at this lower level were narrow and dark.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Dorasharn Tower is one of the more ancient towers in the city. It is inhabited from the middle levels on up, and the lower levels are separated from the middle levels by a complex sewer system, which was effectively, though noisily, removing the water the tower received from the previous evening’s downpour. The lower levels, through window slits and small balconies, only occasionally allow a glimpse of nearby towers. Even further down, there were no everbright lanterns, just the sputtering glow of smoky torches.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">One tunnel opened into a large chamber, where a mix of goblins, humans, and shifters were gathered around a small pile of garbage spread across three rotting blankets. Of course, as it turned out later, it wasn’t garbage, but merchandise. We had somehow succeeded in finding one of the fabled “Rat’s Markets”.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Rat’s Markets are a movable scavenger hunt with haggling. They spring up when there are enough people and enough scrounged loot in the same place at the same time in the lower towers of Sharn. The “merchants”, to use the term loosely, are unscrupulous sorters through garbage and refuse, who find the occasional item that has value and sells them at a discounted price, usually a small household item or trinket. Growing up, I was always fascinated with the industry of the merchants, who would look for hours to find one or two items that they knew had value to someone. The Rat’s Market was somewhere everyone, with enough energy and time, could find necessary items, even if they were slightly soiled.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">One of the vendors was a goblin, who was shouting “No pushing! No pushing! There’s always enough for everyone at the Rat’s Market!”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">We walked over and began to look at the merchandise on the blankets. The goods were typical of a Rat’s market: a bell, a scratched steel mirror, 50 feet of rope, a little worn, and an unused sunrod. Samia decided to buy the sunrod, and she and the goblin, whose name was Skakan, haggled for a bit, and she finally bought it at the bargain price of 25 coppers. Sunrods, the alchemical equivalent of a bright torch, usually sell for 2 gold or more. Quite the deal. It smelled a little like rotting garbage, but she wrapped it in a sack to use for later.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Watch Skakan haggle and deal gave me an idea. He wasn’t having a lot of success, and those desultorily pawing through the blankets were obviously not interested in what he had.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">In Goblin, I asked Skaakan, “Do you the way to valve cluster E-213?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">“If I could point the way to valve cluster E-213, what would it be worth to fine explorers cush as yourselves? One hundred silver?” he replied with a smarmy grin.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">“I wouldn’t think your time was that valuable, Skakan.” I laughed. “In the last ten minutes, you’ve mad 25 copper, from her.” I pointed to Samia. “How about 5 silver?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Skakan’s face fell, and he blustered a little, but we eventually agreed on the bargain price of 10 silver. It looks like learning Goblin might have saved me some money.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Skakan folded up his blanket, slung it over his back, and growled, “Follow me!” as he made to lead us further down the towers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Samia tugged at my sleeve. “Don’t look now, but that shifter by the pillar over there is watching us.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">I glanced at the pillar, but the shifter had already disappeared.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">“Everyone, watch for that shifter again. SKakan’s taking us to the valve cluster,” I said.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Skakan grunted, irritated. “Me show you now, not later. Skakan has important business.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">We trooped along behind, heading more deeply into the sewers of the lower towers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oghma, post: 1802104, member: 71"] [b]Part V[/b] [FONT=Book Antiqua]Mul, 2nd Rhaan, 998 Part V After stopping at a nearby alchemist’s shop to purchase some of those volatile vials known as alchemist’s fire, as recommended by the late Bonal, we went home to gather our supplies and equipment. I made sure I picked up my previously purchased alchemist’s fire, so we all were able to have one vial each. We were able to follow Elaydren’s map to the lowest levels of the Dorasharn Towers fairly easily, using bridges, walkways and stairs. As we went down, light from the morning sky gradually faded and was replaced by the dimmer light of the everbright lanterns. Tunnels and corridors at this lower level were narrow and dark. Dorasharn Tower is one of the more ancient towers in the city. It is inhabited from the middle levels on up, and the lower levels are separated from the middle levels by a complex sewer system, which was effectively, though noisily, removing the water the tower received from the previous evening’s downpour. The lower levels, through window slits and small balconies, only occasionally allow a glimpse of nearby towers. Even further down, there were no everbright lanterns, just the sputtering glow of smoky torches. One tunnel opened into a large chamber, where a mix of goblins, humans, and shifters were gathered around a small pile of garbage spread across three rotting blankets. Of course, as it turned out later, it wasn’t garbage, but merchandise. We had somehow succeeded in finding one of the fabled “Rat’s Markets”. Rat’s Markets are a movable scavenger hunt with haggling. They spring up when there are enough people and enough scrounged loot in the same place at the same time in the lower towers of Sharn. The “merchants”, to use the term loosely, are unscrupulous sorters through garbage and refuse, who find the occasional item that has value and sells them at a discounted price, usually a small household item or trinket. Growing up, I was always fascinated with the industry of the merchants, who would look for hours to find one or two items that they knew had value to someone. The Rat’s Market was somewhere everyone, with enough energy and time, could find necessary items, even if they were slightly soiled. One of the vendors was a goblin, who was shouting “No pushing! No pushing! There’s always enough for everyone at the Rat’s Market!” We walked over and began to look at the merchandise on the blankets. The goods were typical of a Rat’s market: a bell, a scratched steel mirror, 50 feet of rope, a little worn, and an unused sunrod. Samia decided to buy the sunrod, and she and the goblin, whose name was Skakan, haggled for a bit, and she finally bought it at the bargain price of 25 coppers. Sunrods, the alchemical equivalent of a bright torch, usually sell for 2 gold or more. Quite the deal. It smelled a little like rotting garbage, but she wrapped it in a sack to use for later. Watch Skakan haggle and deal gave me an idea. He wasn’t having a lot of success, and those desultorily pawing through the blankets were obviously not interested in what he had. In Goblin, I asked Skaakan, “Do you the way to valve cluster E-213?” “If I could point the way to valve cluster E-213, what would it be worth to fine explorers cush as yourselves? One hundred silver?” he replied with a smarmy grin. “I wouldn’t think your time was that valuable, Skakan.” I laughed. “In the last ten minutes, you’ve mad 25 copper, from her.” I pointed to Samia. “How about 5 silver?” Skakan’s face fell, and he blustered a little, but we eventually agreed on the bargain price of 10 silver. It looks like learning Goblin might have saved me some money. Skakan folded up his blanket, slung it over his back, and growled, “Follow me!” as he made to lead us further down the towers. Samia tugged at my sleeve. “Don’t look now, but that shifter by the pillar over there is watching us.” I glanced at the pillar, but the shifter had already disappeared. “Everyone, watch for that shifter again. SKakan’s taking us to the valve cluster,” I said. Skakan grunted, irritated. “Me show you now, not later. Skakan has important business.” We trooped along behind, heading more deeply into the sewers of the lower towers. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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