Blackiron Blades
Smithy and outfitter
Blackiron Blades is a small shop and smithy just north of the main square. Rather than attempt to compete with the quality of the dwarf-crafted weapons from Kelvin’s Cairn, the smith, Garn, has found his niche manufacturing the cheapest blades in Ten-Towns. His sister, Elza, runs the shop and keeps it profitable. When she observed that Garn’s low prices were attracting fortune-seekers coming up Ten Trail whose pockets were thin after the cost of making the journey, and who were frequently illprepared for the hardships of life in Icewind Dale, Elza began selling adventuring supplies—rations, cold-weather gear, ice picks, and snowshoes—alongside her brother’s wares at the shop.
Blackiron Blades is now well known as a one-stop shop for adventurers and other travelers. Nonetheless, most of the town’s veteran sellswords eschew Garn’s smithcraft, and jokes told about hapless newcomers to Icewind Dale often end with the line “. . . an’ ’e was carrying a Blackiron blade, to boot!”
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Craftsman, Blacksmith / Smithy
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