Dog Moon
Adventurer
"Moving on," Kiarra says as she walks towards the arch in the great wall running through the city, "This is the Forestward. It is the most 'natural' Ward. Unlike the other Wards, as you can see, the buildings are made of wood and in fact, there are actually some trees growing right inside this residential Ward. Because the buildings are made of wood, they tend to have a different architectural feel to them. Many have carvings of people as opposed to 3-d renderings. However, this district has a great variety of buildings because people tend to build and reconstruct the buildings to whatever suits them while that habit is frowned upon greatly in the rest of the city."
You do, indeed, see a variety of buildings of all shapes and sizes. Within the air, here moreso than previously, you can smell the hint of jasmine in the air. The streets are cleaner, partially due to the lesser traveling within this Ward than the Portal Ward you just exited, evident almost immediately.
Kiarra leads you through the streets and down an alley. Near the end at a small open area surrounded by buildings is what appears to be her destination, a large building with an open front. Within the building is a large forge and several people working. This is quite obviously a smithy. Painted onto the wall above the opening in the front is the head of an ox as if it was staring directly at you. Below the ox head is the head of a stag bowed down.
"This is the Ox and the Stag," the cat woman explains as she stops before it. One of the people inside, the largest of the men, pauses to nod at Kiarra. She gives him a quick wave before returning to the tour. "This is the place you want to go to for the finest quality craftsmanship with anything dealing with metals. In fact, if you went up to the owner, Varius, or any of his workers, and asked for a simple blade, you would be turned down. There are, by the way, several additional forges not in plain view from the front, as well as a dozen or so more smith with different specialties.
"Also, though it is common among adventurers, they do not buy or sell anything. Everything they create is done through special order. It's even said that buyers come from Lecrutia here simply for Varius, though the truth of that is known only to Varius and perhaps one or two others, none of which will let anyone know. He prefers to keep the amount of influence he has known only to him."
You do, indeed, see a variety of buildings of all shapes and sizes. Within the air, here moreso than previously, you can smell the hint of jasmine in the air. The streets are cleaner, partially due to the lesser traveling within this Ward than the Portal Ward you just exited, evident almost immediately.
Kiarra leads you through the streets and down an alley. Near the end at a small open area surrounded by buildings is what appears to be her destination, a large building with an open front. Within the building is a large forge and several people working. This is quite obviously a smithy. Painted onto the wall above the opening in the front is the head of an ox as if it was staring directly at you. Below the ox head is the head of a stag bowed down.
"This is the Ox and the Stag," the cat woman explains as she stops before it. One of the people inside, the largest of the men, pauses to nod at Kiarra. She gives him a quick wave before returning to the tour. "This is the place you want to go to for the finest quality craftsmanship with anything dealing with metals. In fact, if you went up to the owner, Varius, or any of his workers, and asked for a simple blade, you would be turned down. There are, by the way, several additional forges not in plain view from the front, as well as a dozen or so more smith with different specialties.
"Also, though it is common among adventurers, they do not buy or sell anything. Everything they create is done through special order. It's even said that buyers come from Lecrutia here simply for Varius, though the truth of that is known only to Varius and perhaps one or two others, none of which will let anyone know. He prefers to keep the amount of influence he has known only to him."
