Sanctuary Merchants

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In Sanctuary, only those who can't make an honest living thieving or whoring turn to trade.

Abohorr

New One-Thumb. Ilsigi ex-Maze dwelling carpenter. One-thumbed proprietor of the Vulgar Unicorn, now owned by Strick.

Ahdio

Aquilan proprietor of Sly's Place, a legendary dive within the Maze.

Ahloo Mhanukhee

Arabie Merchant. A rich merchant of Sanctuary. A family man. Spring 806WK - promoted to the Sanctuary Merchant Council.

Akarlain/Ak

Ilsigi Merchant/Brewer. Not too intelligent partner of Goatfoot. Dead Aut 815wk

Alamanthis

Elven Physician. Has a prospering establishment located across the street from Sly's Place in the Maze. Has an enormous, tee-totaling bodyguard.

Algalin

Owned a storehouse that was burnt down. The storehouse guard Baryn Habanak was severely beaten but no 'lead' as to who torched the storehouse was found.

Amaya

Wife of Renn the Banker. Started the silver-hair fad, thanks to Strick.

Aristo

Elven Merchant Prince. Head of the Alden house. Primarily a slaver and dealer in fine goods. Has been moving into less salubrious markets since a restraint of trade agreement with Jubal expired. He is said to be a rune mage. He sets more store in the written word than most, but those who have looked and returned have found no sign of his records. He has two sons Barain and Gaheris who run similar, though smaller establishments, and a brother who runs the recruitment side of the business. Both sons are currently deceased, following a tragic series of accidents.

In Aristo's current absence, nominal control of Alden house goes to his eldest living daughter Jaelle, currently at finishing school in Alfheim. However, the partially resurrected Jharn (who is trapped in a painting) is suing for full control. The court case is stalled on technicalities, but both sides seem to have limitless funds. In the meantime, Alden house is being run very conservatively by a commitee of executors, and is slowly shrinking in influence.

Atlen Stulwig

Elven Herbalist/Healer. Has an alchemy shop in Westside. He is not exactly an alchemist, for his knowledge is of plants, not of magical potions. He can be relied on for medical advice and most forms and drugs and poisons. He doesn't mention his poison trade and will often attempt to have pretty matrons of the city pay him for his work with their favours rather than their money. Alten is about 35, of average looks. He is distinguishable on the street by his healer's tunic and the staff he bears, charred about the tip.

Balustrus

Metal-Master and alchemist dwarf. Said to have been mad when he arrived in Sanctuary, and the city never improved anyone. Said to be familiar with the sorcerous element in town. Cast the new bell for Molin Torchholder. Balustrus worked with Walegrin to produce Toledan steel. Friend of Jubal. He looks positively demonic - his skin is the colour of mottled bronze-not brown, nor gold nor green-not human at all, Wrinkled like dried fruit, but shines like metal itself. He is hairless with dark eyes and a cripple.

Bantu

Elven Shopkeeper. Has a shop in the Maze. Dead Aut 817wk

Barain

Elven slave trader. Specialises in Entertainers. His success in a large part is due to continued bankrolling by his father Aristo.

Bartleby

Money man in the employ of Bakarat the Toad. Thin, weedy, long-nosed scriber with a whiny voice.

Bubeo/Two-Thumb

Orcish Bartender. A bartender who replaced One-Thumb in the Vulgar Unicorn when he disappeared. A louse-ridden, bearded hulk with grimy fingernails and mean disposition.

Cholly Gluemaker

Ilsigi. A master of glues and rendering, his establishment is 3 blocks from Sly's Place and next door to Zandulas' Tannery on the Street of Tanners. Cholly performs a number of important services in Sanctuary, including the making of glue, removal of bodies from its streets each morning (unless diseased - they're left for the Charnel House wagon) and free corpse disposal. Cholly is happily married to Ineedra, has numerous cats at home, and two apprentices who sleep at the back of the glue shop.

Corlas

Horse-dealer. The horse dealer maintains an office in his home, set against the wall of the Bazaar. His tendency to keep ailing or very young horses in his back rooms is not particularly appreciated by his neighbours. Happily for him, Corlas lacks a sense of smell, which may account in part for his true love of his horses. He keeps most of the stock in the animal pens along the White Foal River; his horses are quality stock and command a good price. One of his major customers is caravan master Samlor.

Cusher

Elven Customs Inspector and Investigator . The customs inspector and friend of Shive the Changer and in the pay of the League of Changers (fences). He is a good source of information about the goings-on in the lower-class areas of the city. Shafralain's cousin.

Dansea

Elven Innkeeper. Wife of Shamut and joint proprietor of the inn, the Warm Kettle. She is a pleasant, elderly woman and has been operating their business long before Ranke was formed. Her husband and she mind their own business and run an honest establishment.

Dendorat

Stonemason. Known for being the husband of a woman who bore the half-breed child of an orc lover. He is bringing up the child as his own.

Master Eliab

Caravan Master A tall man with a grey-shot beard and a fair and courageous nature. Oversees a caravan between the cities of Seagate and Sanctuary. Dead Aut 816wk

Farsi Coppersmith

Elven copper smith and small-time loan-shark.

Felix Dravin

Jeweller, locksmith and fence (specialising in delicate items, some enchanted). Runs a small shop in the jeweller's quarter. His main legal income is gained from making and selling jewel encrusted ostrich eggs that have been split and fitted with hinges and locks. A slight, middle aged man of nervous disposition.

Furtwan Coinpinch

Elven Merchant/Changer & sometime pusher A good source of information and rumours in Sanctuary. Friend of Cholly and associate of Menostric the Misadept.

Gaheris

Elven antiquities dealer. Runs a series of clearing houses for antiquities that need new provenance. He also runs gaming houses in partnership with Ahloo. His protection and debt collection is provided by his father Aristo.

Galo

Tavern keeper and importer. Runs the Tired Whore, a tasteful bar for travelling merchants. His real business is as a source of quality goods and he able to get rare stock from far lands. He cultivates contacts in the shipping industry through discounted beer in exchange for carriage of these small high value cargoes.

Ganner

Elven apprentice jeweller. Rose to notice during the False Plague riots in Sanctuary. He was once apprenticed to Herewick the Jeweller. Dead Win 815wk

Goatfoot

Ilsigi Brewer, known to sell bad beer. Not held in high opinion by Ahdio of Sly's Place.

Herewick

Elven Jeweller of good reputation. Apprenticed Lalo's son Ganner.

Imaya Rennsdaughter

Elven young lady. Bedmate of Cusher, daughter of Renn the Banker & Amaya and sister to Fingalie.

Ivalia

Dwarven Sausage-maker. Supplier of Ahdio's special sausages. Has a soft-spot for cats. Owns 8 cats of her own. Has the disposition of an angel and arms like a cooper's. Everything about her is round.

Izamel

A very wealthy man in Sanctuary. A member of the ancient aristocracy and has the backing of absent Elven lords. Quite an old man around whose skull remained only a halo of hair. Dead Win 817wk

Jarveena

Scribe. Once Melilot the Scribe 's apprentice, who, with a little help, unveiled a plot to assassinate Prince Kadakithis shortly after his arrival in Sanctuary. In the intervening years she had been employed as Melilot's trading agent, and her many hideous scars have been slowly fading. A thin, dark-haired girl with many visible and some invisible scars. Her younger years were spent seeking revenge on those who sacked and burned her home in the village of Hort. This she found with the help of Enas Yorl. She now works as a roving representative of Master Melilot and other Sanctuary merchants.

Kalaine

Rankene antiquities dealer and fence. Runs a reprovenancing service for Gaheris in the Jeweller's Quarter. Suspected Scriptomancer.

Kontrazynsky Rokossky

Raz as he is known around Sanctuary operates a small messanger business (Rokosskys Messangers) in Kettleby district. he is often gone for days or weeks at a time

Kranderon

Vinery Owner/ Winemaker. Heir to a Borderlay wine empire, who had married Mariat forty years previous, but was exiled by Aquila's allies when he was not quick enough to desert the memory of his old friend.

Kul

Elven silk seller. Runs a bazaar-stall, frequented by rich patrons such as Molin Torchholder. A bright-eyed man who knows when to fawn to make a sale. A careful business man.

Lastel One-Thumb

Lastel One-Thumb Merchant / drug-dealer / bartender.

Maeder

Ilsigi Brewer. Makes the beer called "Maeder's Red Gold". His beer is of better quality than Goatfoot's, and is sold at Sly's Place.

Manon

Elven merchant. Silent partner to Aristo. Usually out of town, to escape his family or large gambling debts. Missing - Presumed Dead Sum 817wk

Marc

Dwarven Weaponsmith Owns Marc's Weapons Shop near the Maze. A large-headed, raw-boned man, sporting a beard which evened a rough complexion. Most of Marc's work comes through the Stepsons. He has a blond and nubile elven wife who sits at the counter. The weapons in his shop are often shoddy though.

Mariat

Winemaker. A tall, stately woman in her mid-fifties. Mariat and her 3 grandchildren fled south when most of her family was murdered by Aqulian forces. She brought with her grape vines to re-establish a famous Borderlay winery and vineyards in an estate outside of Sanctuary. She has the support of Molin Torchholder and the minstrel, Sinn.

Marius de Ridefort

A factor for several merchant guilds in Eltrandor, Aladar, Aquila and Brandenburg. He lives with his family on the 'De Ridefort estate' in the 'Elysium Fields' district - The rest of the 'De Ridefort family' are expected to arrive from Eltrandor in late summer or Autumn after some dealings and visting with relatives. Missing - presumed Dead

Melarshain

Elven Banker known as The Gold One. Of an ancient Elven family.

Melilot

Master Scribe. Owner of a scriptorium where letters can be written or translated. A fat, greasy eunuch specializing in forgery, blackmail and translations. Known to pay for the rights to copy (and then distribute and sell) rare and unusual grimoires. Thanks to previous services rendered the Governor, he is also scribe by appointment to the Governor of Sanctuary. Has a beardless face and roly-poly fat.

Mernorad

A doctor who attends patients even in the Maze.

Mikkun

A successful meat merchant with a wide clientele. Supplies meat to Myrtis and other house Madams.

Motlen Imlach

Aladarian Pusher. A spice merchant who converted rapidly to the specialised Sanctuary market. He specialises in Opium and Krrf. He dabbles in other commodities only rarely but usually at considerable profit. Used to employ Hawkmasks as protection.

Nadeesh / The Leech

A doctor specializing in diseases of the rich. Often employs Masha as a mid-wife. A fifty year old thin man with hair that began at about the midpoint atop his skull and dangled stingily in long ugly strands of corpse-grey. He wears elaborate earrings. Nadeesh once owned the Vulgar Unicorn but sold it to Strick after the mage 'cured' him of a bespellment.

Renn

Called the Pearl, he is one of the number of Elven Old Money who sponsors certain businesses to set up in Sanctuary.

Rob Gorg

A gem dealer from Elfinberg. He arrived with a pocket of gems and a dodgy tale. As a member of the League of Changers, he runs a small shop for discerning customers. He has a reputation as a hard dealer a great eye for gems & jewellery. His re-cutting skills are well known. He will not touch very hot or high-risk items, and has turned pushy customers over to the authorities to keep his hands clean.

Sandol

Elven Rug dealer. Lalo once painted a portrait of Sandol's wife which he refused to pay full price because he said it made her look fat. He was all "my dear friend" once he heard of Lalo's fame. The rug merchant is as porcine as his wife.

Setios

A businessman and banker who was holding an inheritance for Samlor's niece, Star. His house was discovered locked and abandoned, probably because it had 6 demons occupying it. No one is sure Setios has just fled or become a victim of the demons. Missing - Presumed Dead

Shamus de Longe

A human merchant from Gracht, rumoured to specialise in gems and heirlooms. In Summer 805 he was rumoured to have been involved in moving some of the 'von Habsburg Eagles' but nothing ever came of it.

Shamut

Elven Inn keeper He and his wife are the proprietors of the Warm Kettle inn, a pleasant, elderly couple. They have been in the business long before the Rankenes arrived. They mind their own business and run an honest establishment.

Shive

Moneychanger / fence / moneylender. One of the better-known moneylenders, pawnbrokers and fences in the Bazaar. He is one of the members of the League of Changers and is on good terms with Cusharlain, the customs inspector. A man with impressive mustachios which he keeps curled like the horns of a mountain goat. Fat and fifty and the second most experienced Changer in Sanctuary.

Shoozh

Spice-importer. Rich merchant living in the Foreign Quarter. He has at least two wives, the second of which has borne him 4 children. He has guards on the gate. Dead Win 818wk

Sly

Elven Tavern owner. Once the owner of Sly's Place (still named such as no-one else wants to take responsibility for the dive), Sly died three years ago. His widow seems not to be hurting for any finances though she never goes near the place. The current innkeeper is Ahdio.

Tobias

Human male of middling years and prosperous appearance. Runs an import/export business from his warehouse in the dock area, but makes most of his income from on-selling goods of dubious provenance.

Tarn Dignotemp

Tarn is an Eltrandorian merchant specialising in shipping all types of product wherever the customer wishes to go, no questions asked. He often forms a short term company when hiring out vessels. These businesses and profits then disappear before Terryle finds them. He has a good history of successful voyages this way and has grown his reputation as a result. Dead Sum 815wk

Tyro Ineranda

Chandler. He worked for Mebbat in his chandlery while at the same time working with Nimsy at Sly's in the evenings. He amassed a bit of funds during the riots, and also cultivated a reputation amongst the ship captains frequenting the chandlery. After arranging for the owner to be the victim of a attempted mugging which left him blind, he bought the business. Tyro moved into the rooms above the chandlery and is there to this day.