Place: The Gold Mine Pawnshop

• Pawnshops are very common in the bigger cities because people always need money and bigger cities always draw adventurers who need to rid of excess cargo or buy something on the cheap. And there are always people to provide those services who want to get rich. Darrell Woodsman is no exception.


• The Gold Mine has been part of Bloodhelm for generations. It's been burned down, destroyed in a freak windstorm, and nearly run over by a team of run away horses. But still it survives. Darrell greats everyone with a warm, inviting smile. He'll listen to the stories of why they have to sell or where they got such items with just as big a smile. He speaks little, nodding his head when appropriate or sighing when needed to commiserate with the seller. But really he just wants to buy the item and send the person on their way. If a person is buying he will spend a good amount of time relaying what he learned of the item and where it came from, hoping to get more money for it.


• Darrell's little secret, though, is he's a mage who specializes in charms. He doesn't use charm magic much, but if there is a particular item he wants but doesn't want to spend the money to get it he will charm the person to give him a good price. (He wont' send them away with no money, for the guards might arrest him for theft.) No one has caught onto the scheme, but there has been grumblings amongst adventurers that things are just not right.


• Most items can be found here (GM discretion, though) and Darrell will buy for around 40% of list price (unless he is charming, then it's probably 10 to 20%) and will sell for around 70%, because he trying to undercut the Treasure Hunter. Tomorrow: Expanded Time Line