Name of establishment: Arylon Farmers Market
Submitted by: Koby Nachamias
Type of building: Open market, Field Ward
Business conducted: Just about everything.
Owner: Arylon City
Background and history on markets:
There are two kinds of markets, the first is a specialized market, and
the second is a common market. The remnants of specialized markets can
be seen in London today, a cobbler's market, a clothier's market etc..
In Tel-Aviv, there are open markets with everything from everywhere
being offered for sale, much like the market in Aladdin's Agraba. A
market can be an open market, open to the skies that is, or a closed
market like the one in Jerusalem. Closed markets quickly evolve into
specialized streets, Cobbler Street for example.
Description of Arylon's Markets:
Arylon has both open and closed markets. The open market or 'Farmer's
Market' is in the Field Ward and is located in the large open area in
the vicinity of Field Gate. There are also some specialized streets
scattered throughout the city catering to those seeking more specific
wares. Market day is typically the middle of the tenday week (think
Thursday for a comparable day).
As market day approaches, farmers from the surrounding area pour into
the open market of Arylon to display their wares. Most caravans
purposely time their arrival for this day to sell their goods to as many
people as possible. The open market is the lifeblood of the city and its
people. The specialized markets of Arylon are available on a continuous
basis and do not have a single 'market' day.
The specialized markets of Arylon are in more established parts of the
city and tend to have permanent buildings. The 'Farmer's Market' is a
variety of carts, tents, wagons, shelving and just about anything that
is available to hold or display wares. The open market is always
bustling with entertainers, hawkers, farmers, merchants, goodwive's,
adventurer's and thieve's. The Crescents have extra patrols set in
Field Ward during market day.
Sometimes it is difficult to get through the jumble of people and you
have to elbow your way through. The only people able to maneuver
properly are the Silver Crescents. This is the perfect grounds for
cutpurses to flourish (DM's should give rouges +20% on their pickpocket
attempts in these crowds). There are many boys who make thieving their
life (they will grow up to become adventures, and tomb raiders), Fox is
one of them.
- Sounds of the typical market day:
- "HONEY, HONEY!! Buy some dates, they taste like honey"
- "PEARS, does the woman wants some pears, I picked them earlier today"
- "HEY there is a worm in that apple!"
- "What worm, I don't see any worms. APPLES, come and get these
apples"
- "Hands off that pear!"
- "ONIONS, As big as Cyric's headache!"
- "Oranges, even LANTHANDER would be proud of!"
- "Why don't you buy the lady some flowers? They are fresh."
- "Flour, come one, come too, come trees, we have all the flour
you want"
- "Does anyone want pies?, halfling made" (mmmdmmnd, mmdnd as
chewing sounds reach your ears)
- "Lady, lady are you buying or just touching the fruit?"
- "FISH, FISH! Look they are still trying to swim away."
- "GET YOUR BEEF HERE!"
- "Hey stop pushing me!"
- "Bread here, we bake everything. Get you bread here!"
NPC's and Sample Stalls in Arylon's Farmer's Market:
Fox (N(good) hm T1, dexterity 16):
Fox is an orphan. He refuses to live in the Arylon orphanage and gets
by on his own. His thieving abilities include moving silently, pick
pocketing and running like hell. Fox is a specialist in biting people's
fingers when they do manage to catch him. He can also use a dagger but
that's about it. Fox's hideaway is a small hole in a wall in Field Ward
near the city wall. If you remove the stone at ground level (because
you can't bend that low in armor) and clean out the dirt, you can find
his treasures (d20 silver, 10d10 copper, 1% of a very lowly small magic
item that the boy has no idea how to manage).
Farmer Brun (hm, 0-level, farmer) and Anastasia (hf, 0-level, farmer's daughter):
In a typical farmer's hut, miles from city walls, it is usually the
rooster who wakes up last. If he finds himself in a wire cage, dangling
from a cart full of country wares he is probably doomed to become
lunch. The cart is led by the family's treasured horse, fondly named
Eleminster. Farmer Brun, and his daughter, Ana (really Anastasia, be
careful she bit the last boy who laughed about her name) set their cart
up and proudly display their wares.
- -A small basket of eggs ("half a dozen per copper").
- -A jar of milk ("it's from Milly the cow mister, only one
silver").
- -Three baskets of apples ("ten ("count your fingers Ana")
coppers each").
- -A bottle of apple cider made by Brun himself ("Brun cider is
called Laddy, the best of the west, five silvers for this
keg")
Suzan (hf, 0-level) and Leona (hf, 0-level):
Suzan and her sister, Leona, spent most of yesterday picking Cherries,
Blueberries, Blackberries, Elderberries and all kind of berry berries
from the country-side. They also made a wonderful berry jam, two jars of
what was left from the week before. It is rumored the soldier at the
gate has something going on with Leona (they steal smiles all the time).
He, his friends, his friends' friends and all the rest of the watch he
does not personally know, will be very upset if someone does something
(however slight) to the two girls.
- - Berries ("from the northern hills, a silver for a full flagon
mister")
- - A jar of jam ("we made it (smile)old lady Shara told us how to
its two silver a jar")
- - ("Would you like a jam sandwich mister? The blackbread was
just baked. It's only a copper")
Turm (hm, 0-level farmer)
Turm the second farmer you meet. He rents a stall from one of the
local merchants and sells potatoes, roots and carrots. He grows them on
his farm, south of the city. He also tried to plant some seed from the
Maztican Tomato. His haven't come in as red as those grown in Maztican,
but he had a fair crop this year with four baskets to sell. His wife
also baked some honey cakes for him to take to the market.
- - Potatoes ("look at the size of these things, a silver each")
- - Carrots ("a silver a pound for these beauties, my wife makes an Abyss of a cake from those things")
- - Tomatoes ("just try them, they are a gold a pound those, I started them only this year I bought the seeds from a seaman. Have you ever heard about Maztica")
- - Honey Cakes ("a silver each, the last one is for me")
Theodour (halfling male, 0-level), Ranmzii (halfling male, 0-level) and
Felind (Halfling female, 1-level fighter, LG)
Theodour, Ranmzii and Felind are the halflings eating/selling the pies.
Felind is the self proclaimed leader, a veteran of a thousand pies and a
female of no small water in the subject of haggling. All three are from
Corm Orp and rent their stall from week to week. The smell of halfling
baked pies does most of the work for these short folks. They spend most
of their time worrying what will be left for them. So instead of
worrying, they keep eating pie, after pie, after pie, after pie . . .
- Meat pies:
- - Chicken pies ("mmm, a silver each")
- - Pig (Ham) pies, have a crust shaped like a pig face
and nose. The pig nose is the best part of this pie.
("mhh, two silver for this one")
- - Beef pies ("a silver")
- Sweet pies and cakes:
- - Strawberry, lingoberry, elderberry pies look really
inviting with one berry of the type of filling set on
top of the crust, so you can tell them apart
("mmmgnmngmn, one silver")
- - Apple and pear pies are a bit larger with whole
slices of fruit inside ("a silver a piece")
- - Honey Cakes ("five coppers for a cake")
- - Orange cakes, a bit tart ("eight coppers, mmmgfmgn,
please..")
Caleb (hm, 0-level Fighter, LN, Str: 18/10):
Caleb runs a beverage stand in the market. All types of fruits and
vegetables fill his booth. Caleb is a looming figure by every definition
of the word, and has been since the first day he was born. When he is
not working as a bouncer at the city's many taverns, he works as a
squeezer. All you have to do is choose what fruit or vegetable you
would like to drink, from oranges to onions. He can squeeze juice out
of everything. The story goes that a bet was placed between two people
if Caleb could squeeze juice from a rock. Not only did he squeeze water
from the rock but also made them drink it.
- - Cup ("five coppers").
- - Mug ("eight coppers").
- - Flagon ("A Silver").
James T. Cork (hm, 0-level, fisherman)
"FISH, Fish good fish we caught them for you today!" As the odor of
fresh fish steals the breath from your nostrils, you gaze upon one of
the biggest tuna you have ever seen. Only when you come to inspect
closer you notice that it had been smoked. This fish was brought all
the way from the Sword Coast to be sold in the city. All other kinds of
fish are salted, smoked or just plain dead and laid out on the table.
James T. Cork and his fellow fishermen are very proud of this catch.
They expect is to buy a new sail cloth for their storm tossed boat.
- Fish (sold separately):
- Cod
- - Fresh 1gp
- - Smoked 2gp
- - Salted 1gp
- Salmon
- - Fresh 3gp
- - Smoked 3gp
- - Salted 5gp
- Tuna (per pound)
- - Smoked 5gp
- - Salted 5gp
- Lobster 1gp
- Shrimp (per pound) 1gp
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