The Ringing Anvil

In what was once a ramshackle hulk of a building not far from the Kantor Kabljauhof, a new life and activity have sprung up; from the central court, the ring of hammer on anvil can be heard, and the tapping of an armorer's hammer directing the heavy blows of an apprentice's maul, while the bellows breathes hot life into the forge. Above the door hangs a painted sign:

drawn by Joel

This is the Ringing Anvil, a workshop and forge recently established by Durham, member-adventurer of the Kantor, using the wealth that he has earned in various forays into the underworld of the Tel al Safina--and beyond! The building had seemed condemned, its former owners selling it on the cheap, but as Durham can tell if asked, he could see that the structure had "good bones" and only needed to be stripped back to its skeleton and rebuilt from there.

And so, having paid for the necessary work and set up the court as a forge, Durham was also able to attract the services of the armorer 'Annaz al Tashkili and his apprentices, and to set them to work at the forge, taking commissions from other adventurers, but also to develop certain ideas Durham had been working on (and sketching in his journal) of weapons and other equipment of his own design. Also, with his latest investment, Durham was able to find a blacksmith, Najm, to round out his metalworking crew.

Between Durham's ability to work closely with the workers revitalizing the structure--as an architect by training, he was able to hold them to exacting standards--and his outlay of cash to ensure plenty in the business' coffers for both the wages of his employees and the purchase of equipment and raw materials, the citizens of Cothon have come to see the Ringing Anvil as a kind of "middling" institution, despite its comparatively recent public debut. In this way, it is in the company of the Ironmongers of Khalepsh, a confraternity of blacksmiths nearer the center of town, and Hafez the Wordsmith, whose high-quality products are all ornamented with acid-etched verses of poetry.

Thus far, 'Annaz and his apprentices have produced a set of mail shirts for the Survivors of the Tel, as well as having begun work on some of Durham's own projects, the first of which being the muagh pole, a combination torch-and-polearm imagined-up for use against the eponymous acidic slime-monster of the sea:

also by Joel

As yet there is little in the way of wares "in stock" at the Ringing Anvil to peruse, but it is only a matter of time to build up such stock; in the meantime, the forge and workshop are open for commissions of any adventuring arms or equipment--and no doubt Durham would be interested in hearing others' pitches for new and interesting devices!