The city of Moon is considered a small city in the country with a population of 40-50 thousand, it is quite an organised city, being relatively close to the border with Osoerde we were considered a militarized city. Our mansion was right next to the city hall in the middle of the city. The city itself was separated into 2 segments with the nobles and the rich in the inner city with walls and a gate between them and the outer city filled with the majority of the population. As I left the house with Rafael following behind I started to plan out my route for today, I have never really left to explore before but from what I've heard I know where to go. I have decided on the blacksmiths as my first destination and while it seems a bit cliché Father has decided I need to train with a real weapon at some point and the store in question was called the black hammer blacksmiths and also the only blacksmith in the city. The streets are surprisingly clean and I could see guards patrolling the streets in pairs and other than the guards you would only see 1 or 2 other people in passing and they all looked like servants, maybe because it was so early nobody of status was out in the streets yet. As we were walking the buildings transformed from upscale detached houses into a wall and as we approached the guard post they took one look at me and stood to the side on attention as we walked straight through them. It was like walking into a different world the once quiet streets were now filled with people the guards could still be seen in the sea of people with their armour shinning in the sun, the people looked more normal now as you could see children playing in the streets and even the occasional group of adventurers stumbling out from their inn after a night of drinking. While it was nice to see people in the streets the air was definitely different It could be due to the nature of the houses and smaller streets or maybe it was harder to clean the uneven cobblestone in the streets but it wasn’t necessarily a bad smell and it started to remind me of home a bit. “It certainly is different when compared to home” I muse out-loud “ If you think this is bad wait till you get to the outer district” perhaps misunderstanding my comment Rafael makes me think about how my Father runs this city I had only heard good things but its hard to get unbiased information in that house. “Is it really that bad in the outer district?” “Its not a pretty site” I stare at Rafael trying to get a sense of how bad the situation is “ but its not as bad as the outer districts in other city's that’s for sure” and with a small gruff he refuses to elaborate any further. I don’t know whether his added words were true or just there to ease my feelings but I think I’ll figure it when I get there. We didn’t speak for the rest of the trip and quickly made our way to the blacksmiths and it was quite busy considering it was 11:00 as there was even a queue to get into the store but I guess that’s what happens when your the only blacksmith in the city. As we queue up I start to think about black hammer blacksmiths, Father had only told me a little bit about them but the thing that stood out the most to me was the fact that they’re the only blacksmith in the whole city and we had a contract with them to not allow anybody else set up in this city, I was quite confused by this as I know a monopoly will mess up the market but Father had a simple answer for this “ Dastreal is an honourable man he left city Brewrich because the other blacksmiths in the city made it hard for him to secure any supplies to try and run him out of business, he went to house Brewrich but they had long since wanted a personal blacksmith so that was their offer. And we were a city with a retiring blacksmith and no replacement, all he wanted was a promise of no competition and with him coming here he put our city on the map, adventures come from all over for a dwarfs equipment. So tell me Joseph do you think having only 1 blacksmith in this city was worth the price”. “Father Spoke very highly of this man, do you have any knowledge about him Rafael?” “ I haven’t been here yet he relocated 1 year after I retired” he wasn’t much of a talker my dear Rafael but I didn’t really mind that. The queue was quickly shortening and I was soon found my self next inline looking at the store it was surprisingly awe inspiring It was near the southern exit of the city and occupied a large territory it seemed to remind me of a factory with the front being a store and the back warehouse being the blacksmiths. As the door opened I was hit with quite the smell that seemed to burn my nose and I was greeted with a salesperson, she seemed quite muscular for saleswoman was she also an apprentice, with a surprised look on her face she greets us and welcomes us inside.