The Sun-Stone Stalls
The Sun-Stone Stalls is a sturdy pavilion constructed from interlocking cedar logs and polished gray limestone. The building features two massive, open-air display wings. The frontal area faces the main thoroughfare, showing off preserved furs and woven baskets, while the side display is shielded by a trellis of heavy moss and focuses on rare flora and medicinal roots. Large, flat basalt slabs are positioned at waist height across both display areas, kept warm by the sun to provide comfortable leaning posts for the iruxi merchants.
The Sun-Stone Stalls
The air is humid and thick with the scent of bog myrtle, drying fish, and a sharp, citrus-like incense used to keep insects at bay. The market operates with a slow, deliberate pace; there is little shouting or haggling, replaced instead by the rhythmic clicking of scales and the low rumble of bartering voices.
The Sun-Stone Stalls is a sturdy pavilion constructed from interlocking cedar logs and polished gray limestone. The building features two massive, open-air display wings. The frontal area faces the main thoroughfare, showing off preserved furs and woven baskets, while the side display is shielded by a trellis of heavy moss and focuses on rare flora and medicinal roots. Large, flat basalt slabs are positioned at waist height across both display areas, kept warm by the sun to provide comfortable leaning posts for the iruxi merchants.
He is a person of few words and immense patience. He values logic and precise measurement, rarely showing emotion even during heated disputes.
History
Niche Trade Goods
The market specializes in items difficult to find in standard city shops. This includes waterproofed leather armor, doses of Shiverback venom, iron-hard bog oak, and preserved marsh-herbs that grant a +2 bonus on Fortitude saves against local diseases for 24 hours.
Market Security
Security is provided by four level 5 iruxi warriors known as the Stone-Guards. They do not carry visible steel, instead wielding heavy clubs made of dense petrified wood and nets woven from barbed spider-silk. They focus on containment and expulsion rather than lethal force unless the market itself is threatened.
Diplomatic Protocol
To trade at the Sun-Stone Stalls, visitors are expected to offer a small token of respect, such as a pinch of salt or a fresh piece of fruit. Failure to do so does not prevent trade, but it increases the prices of all goods by ten percent as a rudeness tax.
Denizens
He is a person of few words and immense patience. He values logic and precise measurement, rarely showing emotion even during heated disputes.
An elderly lizardfolk with ivory-stained claws who specializes in crafting masterwork tools and weapons from swamp-beast remains.
A quick-witted scribe who handles the bookkeeping and serves as a cultural liaison for those unfamiliar with iruxi customs.
Rumors & Plot Hooks
- 1.One of the basalt display slabs is actually the back of a very old, very dormant turtle.
- 2.Kasken keeps a jar of marsh-fire that can light the whole district if someone tries to rob him.
- 3.A secret tunnel leads from the side display directly into the city's sewer system for discrete deliveries.
Classified Entry
Beneath the central scale lies a hidden compartment containing a collection of ancient marsh-sketches that map out long-lost temples in the deep swamps, treasures that several factions would kill to possess.
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