Les Allées Marchandes

Demographics

These haphazard rows of carts and baskets are the heart of Haistand. The city evolved as a place for the barter society to meet and trade. The goods exchanging hands are representative of the feral worlder’s day-to-day life. Baskets of produce and grain from the agricultural mesas crowd the narrow walkways. Bladed weapons are displayed plentifully beside ornaments of bone and glittering gold crystal. Perhaps the most interesting sight is the hanging carcasses of giant, predatory lizards several times the size of a man. The skins and freshly butchered meat of various midasaur strains fills the nearby air with the scent of blood. One particular merchant, a relatively short man by the name of Beyrr, takes an extreme interest in the Kill-team’s power armour if he catches sight of this off-world technology marvel. He waves his hands excitedly to flag them over, and if that fails goes as far as to chase after them through the streets. He pleads and bargains for them to trade him their “fabulous thinstone armour” (naturally completely ignorant of the personal bond between an Adeptus Astartes and his armour and their lack of interest in material goods). He offers such exchanges as a herd of the local lizard livestock, his own personal residence in the overlook, and axes edged with the diamond-hard fangs of a Diablodon. When all else fails, he makes a more desperate bid. He surreptitiously produces a wrapped object from under his vest. Within the leather folds is a very unusual knife. Its handle is common carved stone, but the blade is a large, curving talon of sleek charcoal black chitin. A successful Challenging (+0) Forbidden Lore (Xenos) Test identifies it as Tyranid in origin. The merchant swears the blade is extremely rare and can cut through anything. He promises four in exchange for one of their suits of armour. If questioned, he is not immediately forthcoming to the source of the weapons. Successful Interaction Tests or roleplayed persuasion may convince him to reveal that a man named Heydal traded the set of talons to him. However, this was many months ago and Heydal does not live in Haistand. He has presumably moved on.

Type

Ward