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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6359414" data-attributes="member: 20323">11: Odzak's EmporiumOdzak's Emporium[sblock=art inspiration]<img src="http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/122937/Throal2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S-cDgVhJfuo/TXfWpsWq2cI/AAAAAAAAAco/zs4GF0Je3NA/s1600/untitledlowTide_sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock]There are other dwarven petitioners and then there is Odzak Glorybeard (Pe/ male dwarf/ 2 HD/ CN), a dwarf known for glorifying adventurers and pining for a "real adventure to alleviate the doldrums of everyday trading." Odzak embraces all the teachings of Vergadain wholeheartedly and yet for the life-and-death of him can't seem to grasp the art of trading. Others are quick to say Odzak is a bit touched, and point to his "Emporium" as testament to the dwarf's addled brain. Built under the Viaduct of the Merchant Princes, along the side of a great arching support, Odzak's Emporium is a ramshackle structure made of various stone and wood that Odzak traded from across the planes. Herein the wild-haired dwarf deals in all manner of trinkets, minor magics, Outlander spell keys, holy symbols, gate keys, and other oddities.Planewalkers trying to convince Odzak to join an adventure will find the boisterous dwarf dissembling and backing out. It would be easy to think Odzak a coward were it not for a persistent rumor about what befell him in Limbo. Years ago, pursuing a trading venture with githzerai, Odzak ventured into Limbo where he was killed...except that a planewalker had a spirit bowl on hand, trapping Odzak's spirit there. The kindly planewalker brought Odzak's spirit in the bowl back to Dwarven Mountain, returning his spirit to Vergadain. That would be the end of it, but Odzak, he reappeared right away and settled back into business in no time at all. Several factions like the Dustmen and Mind's Eye are interested in figuring out how Odzak returned from beyond the Eternal Boundary, and every couple months or years a faction agent is sent to investigate Odzak's mysterious return.Among the oddities lining Odzak's shelves, planewalkers will find:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dwarven Whirligigs: (10 gp) Little toys made of hammered copper in the shape of an 8" palm tree like mechanism with four folding "fronds." They are used by young dwarven petitioners to communicate, in a way, with other dwarven children in Soot Hall or Dumathoin's realm. A tune whistled or hummed into a whirligig when the umbrella is opened will be repeated when the whirling gig ends its flight path. The stem is spun between the palms, sending the whirligig spinning, and it will float down until it reaches the ground.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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