The Ironmongery
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Imports of iron
Description
Ferrus Ironfist, a grizzled dwarf of later years, is a retired warrior turned merchant. He specializes in importing items of dwarvish make, particularly from the inventive ironsmiths of Darnaiga, a city in the Khuz Mountains.
The shop is set back from the street, with an enclosed courtyard inside a stone wall with a beautifully crafted wrought iron gate, the intricate grillwork of which spells out the shop’s name in Common and Dwarvish. The courtyard contains various items for which there is no room in the shop - samples of iron latticework screens, wrought iron tables and chairs, etc. Inside, the shop is crammed with items of every description: toys, kitchenware, shelves, racks and tools of all sorts. Lanterns and torch holders. And a modest amount of armor and weapons - in short, anything that can be made of metal.
The prices seem high at first, but some real bargains can be found if one is familiar with the quality of Darnaigan ironwork. There is a 15% chance of a +1 weapon, but almost all goods purchased here will outlast their human-cast counterparts by 25% to 100%. People from all over the city come here for the fine quality goods, particularly the pots and other kitchenware, and other tools. There is a 40% chance of 1d6 customers browsing about the courtyard or the shop.
Ferrus has a little office and a small apartment behind the shop which he shares with a number of cats. A iron safe in Ferrus’ office with a well-crafted wheel lock (Complexity 3) contains 2d100gp in assorted coins, and letters of credit worth an additional 500gp drawn on the House of Orli, a dwarvish banking house in The Dwarrow.
Ferrus runs the shop by himself, although his cousin Dekkin drops by occasionally (40% chance) to help sort things out and straighten out the books. The numerous cats spend their time chasing whatever suicidal mice appear on the premises, and posing themselves artfully on the items in the shop. There is always a guard on-duty, day and night, usually a young dwarf fighter to whom the old warrior took a liking.
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Metalwork (Shopping)
Owner: Ferrus Ironfist
District: The Cauldron
Grid (Key) Ref.: A12 (KJ)
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Type: Craftsman, Blacksmith / Smithy
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Ruler/Owner: Ferrus Ironfist
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Id: 2a44315e-4755-4ae0-9041-18589762a18c
Entity Type: Article / landmark
Category: Places: The Cauldron
Tags: fcoh,the-cauldron-location,cat-shop,type-metalwork,guild-of-metalsmiths-location,metalwork
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