1st Day of Eddies, Workshop, Bridgeways (Day 300, TC Calendar)

“Welcome, Clovis, Son of Bruce, Son of Lorne. I apologize for my informality; this time away from the Citadel has left me coarse. I am Marchus Bronzeye, Son of Urt, Son of Bernie, Chief Engineer of Bridgeways. My workshop welcomes new men of skill such as yourself and your dear friends.” His demeanor is exceptionally welcoming, particularly given his rank. “I am most impressed with the wares you have to offer; I fear that I may offend by offering my meager belongings to you. Please, forgive me again if I do. Oh, and might I add, a most dashing eyepatch, sir. If I ever happen to be maimed in such a way, I would hope that I would have the good fashion sense to acquire such an item.

“As men of the Skies, I imagine you have need of means for protection; I happen to have some minor trinkets, fresh from the Factory.” He walks with you to a table near the back of the workshop, gestures to the engineer standing behind it, who then nods and brings you a wooden crate, and an oiled cloth bundle. With great delicacy, Bronzeye unwraps the oiled bundle to reveal a single long musket barrel, perfectly forged and smooth as silk, except for the simple design of a single cog etched into the side. “I fear it is the last one I have; but as you can see, the design is somewhat different.” He holds it so you can examine the spiraling grooves in the bore; a true dwarven rifled barrel. “also, check the weight. You’ll notice its actually a tad lighter than most, even with the wider bore. The alloy they use for these is quite exceptional.” He allows Tooly to examine the barrel carefully while he moves on to the crate. Tooly’s knowledge as a smith indicates that this barrel would be easy enough to incorporate into his design, and its unique features might improve it somewhat. Additionally, the light weight might make it more likely he can design a weapon to Blendin’s size more easily.

“Now, the next item, you’ll see, is also quite handy. They are hollow and can be filled with powder, you see,” He opens the wooden crate, filled with leaf matter, and 6 checked metal orbs about the size of a fist. A single bore has been made in each one, and an oiled fiber extends beyond – dwarven grenadoes it’s a word. Look it up.. “Now, a strong man can throw these some distance, I imagine, if there was need for such.

“Of course, most people are interested in things like cogs, so I imagine you’ll take those? I also have a consignment of small javelins with silver metal tips, 12 in total, that I hear are popular among the drakin for hunting in their tunnels for food. If you mean to travel that way, you could make a healthy profit. And you probably have seen the Steampriest halberdiers – I have 5 of the halberds already forged and ready for sale.” Tooly discusses parts and use of the a forge for his modifications. “I see. Well, I fear our brothers the steampriests key access to the altars, as they are involved in the consecrations. However, I have a personal altar at my home, not far from here. I imagine we could work out an arrangement.” Bronzeye excuses himself while you look over the wares and he consults his apprentices, looking at a series of lists and checking off inventory; presumably to determine a ‘fair’ trade value for your goods.

During this time, Tooly spots (lucky on that roll series) the parts he believes he’ll need to manufacture a new musket for blendin. He even sees a cheaper, heavier, standard barrel if need be.

“Excuse me gentlemen, I am ready to make my offer. For your cannon, swords, armor, the sconce, and the 3 metal bands, I can offer you 3350 cogs. I will be upfront though, I really need the metal more than the rest of it. I’m willing to just buy your metal bands, swords, and armor for reforging by my engineers at a fair price of 1500 cogs. Now, that might sound low, but I offer some deep discounts on wares in my store. For instance, I’ll let you have the rifled barrel and 4 of the grenadoes for your metal items along, and I’ll throw in 3 days at my forge for free, then 20 cogs a day to rent it. Normally I’d charge a dwarf in your position 50 a day, so that’s a special deal if we can do business. As to my other goods I’d say normal market prices on the javelin, 100 a piece, minimum 6 pieces, and the halberds at 600 each is appropriate, and 400 for the parts you seem interested in for the wildings’ gun. If you decide you want just the rifled barrel, or just the grenadoes, I’d say 900 and 175 each aught to be a fine exchange rate.

“As far as this ‘chained stone’ goes, yeah, I heard about it from some steampriests who stopped by for tools a few days back. I haven’t seen it myself, but most imagine its sitting pretty in the Anvil. I am more applications oriented and rumor has it, its only application is driving a man mad.” This is the first inkling you’ve had that he might be capable of becoming disgruntled. He shoots you a shaky smile as if to dispel this concern, “But I’m but a link in the Artificer’s chain. My dear brother, Arch Steampriest Gemhammer has no need to ask me permission, and I am sure he knows best.

ooc: island distances and thicknesses are dependent on where the stone happens to be – the workshop is its own island, as is the anvil. Even if its in the Anvil, who knows where they’re keeping the stone. You’d say the Anvil is roughly the size of a large gothic cathedral. Once you figure out where it is in the building (again, assuming its in there), I’ll be sure to give details on how far it is to the door.