Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

Steve wrote:"Well met, well met...you have just made a catch of my attention...you have, you have. Every day at nearly this time I come back to this fantastic market to see if my wares have caught interest. I am pleased!"

The armored man, this Aldebaran it must be, listens to Ash speak. At first, his face is light and eager, then, it goes pensive. He quickly thinks over the magical boots.

"Sir, it is as you say, a set of highly magical boots, a rare find for most. But it would seem that, I, have already acquired such wondrous item, many years ago...." Aldebaran lowers a hand downward, and points to his own set of steel greaves. "Now, if you were to be offering something the same regarding the enchanted ability to dodge, plus something more...I tell you, that exquisite mage belt could be yours. I really do want to see you have it, if you can only but help me as well."

"As for the spellchain of epic proportions, I would prefer to sell it for forty thousand gold coins...actually, the truth is I would prefer to sell it for much more than that! But I can only expect so much...I have only the faintest ideas—rumors really have informed me—of the market for such things in this fine city."

Steve wrote:

Seventh Sister wrote:"I have a few items here. If one holds and interest we might be able to find meens to complete a trade."

Aldebaran graciously accepts the list from Ash, carefully reading the perceived lore of each of the wares. As he reads, it is seen on Aldebaran's face both a curious and impressed reaction. After a minute or two of pensive, quiet reflection, Aldebaran addresses Ash in reply.

"It is as a thought—that every time I must say no to you, for a ware that is not what I may seek, you return with a greater, impressive option!" Aldebaran chuckles again, in good-natured jest.

"As I read this list, I can tell you this: I possess such faith that through prayer, I am granted a shield of deflection such that few encounters set me back in my task. As well, by divine guidance I may ask and receive a field of protection to resist all but the greatest of magical attacks, via a divine resistance to the violent propagated by some practicing the Art."

Aldebaran continues to go down the list, one by one.

"I am not a tempered mind, such that was born from monastery. I do not fight with my hands, and such a ware, though as I interpret must be of great value, it serves my cause little."

"Such beauty and power of grave that could be granted me by these other wares is improved upon by the divine grace granted me in prayer, again. And I do not hold the power in the blood that a sorcerer has manipulated by will. It is an envious power...but I retain a faith in wisdom."

"That leaves the greatsword you have presented...but my task is not to become a weapon master, by any means. It is the elements and a faith that is the power I wield, and empowering that, is what I seek, in order to fulfill my task. I have never seen such an impressive blade, but I am not the man to use it."

"What are we to do, good sir? I would hold this exquisite mage belt for you, and only you, if you were to find an equally powerful object that suited my divine background and means. Or, if a weapon of blunt nature, suited to empower my prayers or assist me as warden to the celestial gate, was to trade...there would be no question, remaining."

Aldebaran hands the list back to Ash.

"If you tell me you shall look and hopefully return to me with something more suiting my particular needs, then I can promise you to hold this belt in reserve for up to a tenday...even though others have now shown an interest."