“The shop is called The Bent Nail and occupies a crooked stone chamber beneath the Goblin Bazaar. Its entrance is framed by mismatched shields, snapped spear shafts, and a sign painted in three languages: WE BUY SWORDS, WE SELL TROUBLE. Inside, the air is thick with charcoal smoke, hot metal, mushroom stew, and the sharp tang of oil. Weapons hang from ropes above the customers' heads, armor is stacked in leaning towers, and narrow paths wind between crates labeled with contradictory descriptions such as TURNIPS, VERY NORMAL TURNIPS, and DEFINITELY NOT JEWELS. A forge burns at the rear beneath a chimney made from scavenged bronze pipes, while goblin apprentices scurry through trapdoors and crawlspaces to fetch merchandise. The shopkeeper is Grikka Red-Tooth, a wiry goblin artificer and veteran caravan ambusher who wears a leather apron covered in brass studs. One of her teeth is capped with silver, and she constantly tests the balance of weapons by tossing them into the air and catching them behind her back. Grikka is level 5, suspicious but practical, and has a strict rule that customers may haggle, threaten, or lie, but may not draw blood inside her shop. She buys goods at half their normal value and sells stock at three times its normal value, claiming that the difference pays for secrecy, bribes, repairs, and the risk of selling items to people who may later return angry. Characters who behave respectfully can receive a 10 percent discount on one mundane item after winning Grikka's trust, while anyone who starts a fight is immediately surrounded by goblin lookouts armed with nets, clubs, and stolen crossbows. The shop's most common customers are caravan guards, adventurers, smugglers, and goblins seeking weapons too large for them. Every purchase is stamped with a tiny red tooth mark, which Grikka insists is a warranty seal.”