Realms Lexicon - Letter F

Finecloak [FINE-cloak]
(n.)
Common
Region: Heartlands (Sembia)
Usage: current
- A specialized factor (business agent).
- An individual hired for the purpose of decorating one's living space. (Sembia)

From Eye On the Realms: The Enchanted Paintings of Manyshields Hall, Dragon #408, February 2012.

Used in a sentence:
"The Obrallars of Saerloon have hired no less than three finecloaks to decorate their decrepit mansion on Spindle Street. No doubt they discovered the coinvault we have been searching for in vain. Let us find a way to rob them swiftly and implicate their cousins in Selgaunt."


Frontcloak [FRONT-cloak]
(n.)
Common
Region: all
Usage: current
- A social club or gathering place for individuals with shared interests established by cabals of merchants.
- A legitimate business used to conceal a cabal's business and illicit activities that must needs take place behind closed doors.

From Eye On the Realms: The Flame Door, Dungeon #173, December 2009.

Used in a sentence:
"If you are of a mind to see Marsember freed from the whims of Suzail and its tyrant queen, find the master of the Flame Door in Saerloon; 'tis a frontcloak for the cause."