Business NPC Request: Gadry [Hekatos]

[Torin Kilvin]

I figured I'd throw this over to you since you have modded any Starfall/Valley threads I have needed =)

NPC Name: Gadry
Location Link: Kilvin's Forge
Profession: Blacksmith
Base Wage: 25cp/day
NPC Skill Level: Journeyman
Skill Breakout:
Blacksmithing (Expert)
Carpenter (Journeyman)
Leatherworker (Journeyman)


Description: Gadry was apprenticed to a Blacksmith at age six, which was common in the region where he grew up. He was able to see his family regularly but the majority of his time from then on was spent in or around the forge that he was apprenticed to. It was a large establishment and there were several craftsmen working together as well as multiple other apprentices at various levels of skill. Gadry took to the work with a will once he had gotten over the initial homesickness that most apprenticed so young endure and, by the time he was twelve, had shown a remarkable aptitude. Because he learned quickly he managed to take on the professions of several of the other craftsman as well, though his main interest was Blacksmithing this manifold education allowed him to fully craft tools without needing to rely on others to finish the non-metal parts.

As he began to grow towards the end of his apprenticeship (a term of twelve years) his master began to grow discontent with his advanced level of aptitude and tendency to experiment with the tried and true methods of alloy mixing and metal folding and various other lessons he had been taught. Due to this the man began micromanaging him or relegating him to tasks far below his ability. When the apprenticeship came to it's conclusion the Blacksmith who had taught him offered him a job, which, lacking a better immediate offer, he accepted and spent the subsequent three years chaffing under the yolk of his over-watchful employer.

Due to his abilities he was offered several other positions during those years but none of them had offered higher pay than his current and most of them would have required him to move quite far away from his aging parents. He had three sisters but they had married and moved on with their lives while he had been an apprentice and he did not wish to leave his parents, though they were not impoverished, without his support should they need it.

At the tale end of his third year as a journeyman, frustrated and discontent in the work he was allowed to do, that the redheaded man had come to speak to him. The man explained that he was an agent for a runesmith of great renown who was looking for good blacksmith who wouldn't mind experimenting with new ideas. The job sounded ideal but was in a very remote location but, once the man understood his reluctance, explained that the compensation for the work, which was considerable, included a goodly house which could accommodate Gadry's parents in their retirement as well as himself. The agent waxed poetic about the virtues of the valley he would be working in, the healthful air, the close-knit community, the generous lord (who was the Runesmith) that Gadry agreed, on the spot, to at least come tour the place and see if he thought it would be a good fit.

It was everything he had been promised and more.

[Hekatos]

Approved. Please add to your business portfolio. Will add to your character secrets.