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There are many other shops and establishments here in Khaibar that Alzar passes, Mustafa’s ropemaking store another bath-house, wine-makers and sellers, and a guild hall for crafts. But Alzar finds his second destination.
“Welcome to Suleiman’s Shop” the sign says, and Alzar heads in, around 4 in the afternoon. His nostrils are filled with the scents of perfume, and hundreds of special candles are here. There are also some standard torches on the wall as well.
Suleiman Ibn Daood greets Alzar as him comes in. They’ve never met, but Alzar is wearing the cassock from the college. They introduce themselves and Suleiman shows him his wears. Then Alzar tells Suleiman that he is here for the “special” torches. He was told about them from a guild wizard from the college who buys some.
“Ah, you are clearly a person of taste. Good, because Suleiman is a clearly a person of talent!
He grabs a cabinet from behind the counter and pushes it out and opens it. In here are a small number of troches he has made. They will fill, roughly, a 20 x 20 area with a gas that renders most people unconscious (roll for it) when lit, centered on the torch. There’s just enough for one usage, and the gas lasts for about 20 minutes, and people come to anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the person and how much they breathed it.
They are 50 gp each. Alzar grabs four. They aren’t magical in nature, but alchemical.
He heads back out.
He passes by a few folks, a person who makes musical instruments and a smithy, and even an odd…fish market? Alzar stops in and Jamilah Amouih is proud to tell Alzar about it, she’s quite proud. They apparently catch fish up at the Oued Khaud and then salt them and sell them here. They are a delicacy here since fish is rare, and being sold for a huge amount of money, comparatively.
Alzar runs out of time, and it’s almost dinner, so he swings by the Drowsing Djinni Fonduk and has dinner with his party, and then heads home.
End I9 again for a bit.
(And virtually all of that was from the book. You can see why I chose Khaibar to be our major center of the Sand Mire. So many possibilities. Alzar is going to become a regular patron of the Mint Tea Parlor, and every time he is in Khaibar (roughly every third day at the College) he swings by.
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