God’s Market
Spread across a massive plaza southeast of the Starstone Cathedral, the God’s Market is the oldest continually operating market in Absalom, and one of the oldest in the world. “As long as there are gods,” a local saying holds, “there will always be the God’s Market.”
Potions, scrolls, and religious trinkets are commonly sold at the God’s Market. Expert artisans, including jewelers and engravers who specialize in both legitimate religious symbols and fraudulent artifacts, ply their trades and display their wares. Customers who make discreet queries may find more questionable, or even illegal, items—but it’s just as likely that such a buyer may wind up cheated with no recourse.
Despite the Graycloaks’ best efforts, fraud is common in the God’s Market, in part because of the large number of trickster deities represented in the district (even the most benign of whom see nothing wrong with cheating someone trying to purchase harmful or illegal goods), and in part because Abadarans and Asmodeans are not above charging higher prices for guaranteed wares, leaving poorer customers with no choice but to gamble on less reliable deities’ goods.
Potions, scrolls, and religious trinkets are commonly sold at the God’s Market. Expert artisans, including jewelers and engravers who specialize in both legitimate religious symbols and fraudulent artifacts, ply their trades and display their wares. Customers who make discreet queries may find more questionable, or even illegal, items—but it’s just as likely that such a buyer may wind up cheated with no recourse.
Despite the Graycloaks’ best efforts, fraud is common in the God’s Market, in part because of the large number of trickster deities represented in the district (even the most benign of whom see nothing wrong with cheating someone trying to purchase harmful or illegal goods), and in part because Abadarans and Asmodeans are not above charging higher prices for guaranteed wares, leaving poorer customers with no choice but to gamble on less reliable deities’ goods.
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