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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 7541187" data-attributes="member: 6879661">I would suggest any auction would need a few things...- Enough security to protect the objects, the patrons, and any cash they bring to pay for them.- The ability to verify as an independent arbitrator that the objects are what they’re claimed to be.- A method of obscuring the auction from traditional law enforcement that a. wouldn’t be happy that evil artifacts are being sold, or b. might want their cut of the sale as tax.I’d highly recomend watching the auction scene in Last Exile if you get chance. Not only is it a great series it portrays just such a shady auction very well. It takes place at the same time as a famous race that gives the various power players an excuse to be there at the same time. You could pick some event or festival in Waterdeep that achieves a similar effect.In terms of agents I would suggest good neutral parties in Waterdeep could be...Aurora: The proprietor of a realms wide trading organization that has six branches in a Waterdeep alone. She is a powerful wizard and would have the magical strength and more importantly repution to ensure a fair auction. She may be a bit leery about arranging an auction for clearly evil items though. <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aurora%27s_Emporium" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aurora's_Emporium</a> The Skulls of Skullport are intelligent enough and relatively neutral in an independent area out of the main view of the Lords. They would definitely be comfortable handling evil items and are very powerful. One twist may be that the skulls have historically wanted to lure powerful spell casters to skull port in order to create more skulls. <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Skulls_of_Skullport" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Skulls_of_Skullport</a>Third option is a noble house. My suggestion would be House Wands. The patriarch Maskar Wands may or may not be alive but he is Lawful Neutral which would be a good alignment for someone holding an auction of this kind I would think. An interesting take is that Mystra often supports the profilation and understanding of magic even if it’s evil. A combination of Mystra’s clerics and The Wands Family could make an interesting auction - perhaps at the Wands Estate, or even in an extra dimensional place.One possible way of holding the auction could be to have a performance or spectacle - and when the patrons that are invited to the auction arrive they are bonded with Rary’s Telepathic Bond (or a version of it that allows more than 8 people to bond, depending on the size). They can thereby communicate unseen by the regular masses. Think of the opera scene in Quantum of Solace.Anyway. Just a few thoughts there.</blockquote>

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