Eleint 23

Eleint 23, 1369:

    Henkles & Stewart go weapon shopping.  Amoung the shops they visit
    are the following:
        Selchoun's Sundries Shop in Sea Ward - they found a few clubs
    covered in fake jewels here and some basically functional
    half-sized daggers inscribed with the words "I saw Waterdeep and
    Lived" or "I saw Undermountain and Lived".  The proprietor assured
    them that the mini daggers are not subject to Waterdeep's 1gp
    "Sword Tax" on all bladed weapons.
        The Old Xoblob Shop in Dock Ward - here they find some
    excellent green wine made by the proprietor, Dandalus and a much
    varied collection of weapons, each of which comes with a story
    Dandalus is happy to share.  Among the more unusual items were
    "Thunderstick", a finely decorated arquebus sold to Dandalus by a
    stange hippo-like humanoid in need of some fast cash and a place
    to hide, a mithril hand axe with a 30 foot mithril chain and small
    grappel attached to it which aparently once saved the entire
    Company of the Sundered Eels from an elaborate pit trap in
    Undermountain, a Harpoon, +1, +2 vs Koalinth & Kopoacinth which
    the Serif's of the Sea captured from pirates, a dozen stone arrows
    taken from troglodytes in Undermountain, and "Bastard", a bizzare
    +2 weapon consisting of a 2' diameter steel disc with a bladed
    edge all around and handles coming out of the center which
    Dandalus says he has now purchased from three different wodows.
        Riautar's Weaponry in Trades Ward - this shop had some of the
    most finely crafted weapons Henkles or Stewart had laid eyes on,
    all of them new, but nothing unusual to attract their attention.
        The Riven Shield Shop in Trades Ward - this was the used
    weapons shop where AFAL sold the weapons they had found in
    Undermountain.  The proprietor, Delborggan the Blade, told them
    that a merchant had purchased all the scimitars and shortswords
    the day before and had been asking about the party who brought
    them in.  Delborggan had given him a rough description of the few
    party members he had seen but hadn't had their names or any idea
    where they were staying.  Among his weapons were two magical ones,
    The "Horrible Hammer of War" which had vampiric regeneration
    abilities and, "The Spear of Lochal" which was said to have
    strange magical properties and actually be part of a larger magic
    item.
        Orsabba's Fine Imports in Trades Ward - this shop, which
    specializes in rare imports from the far corners of Faerun had a
    few unusual polearms from the far east and a strange eastern short
    sword which they were told was called "Wackysushi".
        The Market in Castle Ward - this is Waterdeep's huge open-air
    marketplace, where it's said "If you can't find it anywhere else
    in the North, you'll find it here."  At the Market, they
    encountered several "treasures" including the "Pole-o-Matic" - a
    glaive whose blade was a detachable longsword, "The Sword of
    Secrets" - a longsword that the seller swore on the grave of his
    mother's only child was a magic weapon of great power whose
    enchantments included the ability to apear normal to detection
    spells, and "an interesting stone-headed mace" which a used weapon
    vendor showed them when he learned that they were interested in
    unusual weapons.  Stewart recognized the mace-head as being made
    from chardalyn.
    
    Henkles inquired about the mithril axe and Bastard, but both were
    way out of his price range.  He asked about the Wakysushi and found
    that he could afford it, so he bought it (DM forgets the price, but
    it was deducted from his sheet).
    
    Stewart had Narthandarkanas look at the chardalyn-headed mace, but
    Narthan could only confirm that it wasn't an enchanted weapon and
    was likely to break if used.  Stewart asked about the price, but by
    then he had alerted the merchant that it might be valuable, so he
    asked for 800gp.

    Some of the party went with Radomagar to see two warehouses, one
    in Dock Ward near South Ward, and the other in Trades Ward near
    the Caravan Court.  Neither was particularly attractive to the
    party considering the price.  During discussion that night, the
    party decided to look into leasing Fair Winds for 3 years for some
    reduced fixed rate.