[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Raphael doesn't share Ventus' hatred of magic, but so much of what's in the Violet Tent is fake that he doesn't really react much.

Something does catch your eye at the Traveling Librarian - a colorful picture book with a hero who is dressed a lot like a White Keenglaive. The villain is similarly armored, but all in black. It's called "The Hero of Flame."

Shiva could purchase 3 Apricorn seedlings for that Marowak. They take a year to mature to the point of bearing fruit, though.
Someone is trading a Bidoof with 8th-generation HM moves: Rock Smash and Cut. They'd take a Marowak.
There's a full witch's outfit for $2000, made all of heavy black silk, including a hat. It's so dark that all jewelry shows up really bright against it. The model wearing it has sewn silvery stars all over it.

The Clockmaker winds up the instrument, carefully weighs it, listens to it. "First Technical Society. Amazing. Some of their work lasts millennia. But for this to be in such good condition, it must come from just before their Fall when they were wiped out. And it must have been preserved somehow. Or restored. There were alchemists in Sarimanok's court. Could have fixed this up. League won't let you use this in any high-stakes battles. I would give you $5000 for it. But it's worth more than that as a battle item. Don't let anyone talk you into trying to fix it or improve it. We don't have the technology nowadays."