“Korzha's Second Measure is a low-ceilinged dwarven weapon smith built into the ground floor of an older stone hall whose original name has worn into the local phrase "Korzha's." The current sign shows a hammer striking a measuring rod, a reference to Korzha, a long-dead surveyor who supposedly prevented a tunnel collapse by insisting that a wall be measured twice. Nobody remembers what office Korzha held, and the story changes with every retelling. The forge fills the shop with red light, coal smoke, and the steady rhythm of three hammers. Weapons are displayed by use rather than beauty, with mining picks beside military axes and household knives beside horseshoes. Sheshka Vur is a broad-shouldered shield dwarf with a soot-dark beard braided in two short cords. Her name is a softened remnant of an older undercommon trade phrase meaning roughly "she who seals the seam," though she no longer knows the original words. She speaks little, distrusts ornate promises, and tests every weapon by striking its pommel against the anvil. Her apprentice, Borscht Kreg, is a dense-clustered young dwarf who records every sale in careful block letters and watches strangers' hands more closely than their faces. Sheshka is level 5 and uses the statistics of a commoner with proficiency in smith's tools, an Armor Class of 16 while wearing her work leathers and a shield, and a practical understanding of local mercenaries and caravan routes. She refuses to sell a weapon to anyone who cannot explain what they intend to do with it, but she respects honest answers involving monsters, mines, or protecting family.”