Jiggs Fine Weapons

fetch · August 19, 2008, 06:08 AM

An axe to a dwarf is more than a weapon or tool it represents a tradition and speaks of his heritage and history thus in the case that a new axe is required in Dargis the logical place to come is to Jiggs Fine weapons.

Jiggs Studdard is recognised as the premier weapon smith in the city his work is meticulous his skills the best and his prices reasonable. He works in dwarven steel and will allow no other metal to sully his anvil and forges. The smithy is all that one would expect of a dwarfen establishment, the big nobs will have to accept that low ceilings make a dwarf more comfortable, that working in a furnace of heat and steam is considered ideal working conditions amongst the race.

The shop and forge are one large room around the three walls of the smithy hang examples of the smiths work, swords, axes and daggers. Suits of armour some whole plate suitable for a knight, other more simple affairs of steel and leather that will deflect an axe sword or knife. Racks of swords and axes stand ready for purchase and if the customer requires something more custom made then that can be arranged.

Jiggs Studdard is a dwarf a heavily muscled broad shouldered red bearded dwarf a dwarf that speaks rarely mainly because of a birth defect a cleft palate that gives his voice a lisp that he is embarrassed by so in the main he remains silent.

His voice is his assistant Tolly Minth another dwarf black bearded and gaining the mass of muscle that is such a requirement of a master smith. He will greet customers with a hearty Serale and what can Jiggs Fine Weapons do for you this brightening?

Jiggs will stop what he is doing and cross his arms across his chest and listen and when Tully seeks his masters counsel on matters of weapons he will nod or shake his head only.

What might well get Jiggs head a shaking is on the knotty question of fancification. He is a master smith but will not sully good honest dwarven steel with silly ideas of decoration a weapon is designed and made for one purpose only warfare! Jiggs weapons are beautifully balanced customised to the needs of the customer in matters of weight and length but they are unadorned with what Jiggs dismisses as “elf stuff fit only for posers” . Jiggs weapons are serious man killers!

The smithy’s work is carried out in full view of the customer Jiggs does not mind a customer looking over his shoulder as he makes a weapon from raw steel. The shop floor has three differing sized forges and four different anvils. Tools are stowed on benches in neat lines so a hand can reach out and grasp the correct tool without even looking and woe betide anyone foolish enough to move one out of order.

If Tully is friendly and open and Jiggs taciturn and gruff they seem to get along well. The forge especially on a winters day is always a place for the locals to drop in and have a warm in the never ending heat and here the dwarves of the inner circle can be found discussing over brick red sweet mugs of tea the events of the brightening.

Over each rack of weapons on display is a neat list encased in glass to keep it clean

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ooc ~ Price list stolen from Anne