Ilmurk Jongrath Ilmurk Jongrath was a miller and rancher in the county of Bardshyr in southwestern Tethyr , owner of Jongrath ' s Mill . Personality . Ilmurk was an honest entrepreneur with a roguish streak . He did not display his modest wealth but rather kept it hidden and even misrepresented some of his assets . Abilities . Jongrath was primarily a miller and could operate and repair his mill with only the help of draft animals , although he had to hire stonemasons to make grinding wheels . He was experienced in animal husbandry and kept livestock . In his spare time , he liked to design and paint heraldic devices and would adorn shields , coach doors , and other non - fabric equipment for a few gold coins . Possessions . Ilmurk owned Jongrath ' s Mill and the adjoining cottage , stables , and the surrounding land . He kept livestock and had heavy draft horses that turned the mill and pumped water from a deep well . He built up a cache of spare millstones and cogwheels that he kept hidden under flour sacks after claiming they were broken . His coinage was kept on the property in abandoned dry wells in long , narrow coin boxes suspended from cords attached to the rim of the well . All but one of these stashes were covered by heavy , used millstones . The one cache he kept " handy " was covered by a flat stone and his compost heap . At any given time , Ilmurk had freshly painted shields and escutcheons hanging to dry in the rafters of the stable . He was known to keep the items he painted until customers came to pick them up , or until they could pay for it . He had a number of unclaimed items . Activities . Jongrath ground grain into flour for the farmers in the surrounding countryside . He sold livestock and the surplus flour . He slept in the mill shed and rented the cottage out to traveling merchants . He enjoyed designing and painting heraldic devices for various nobles of Tethyr . Relationships . Jongrath ' s heraldic side business drew the ire of two low - level local Heralds , Chastus Beldrorn of Darromar and Aldrur Hariburt of Myratma . They claimed that proper blazonry required professional expertise and his amateur efforts were an affront to their organization , not to mention that his prices were absurdly low compared to " professional " rates . Ilmurk acknowledged their expertise but not their claim of exclusive rights to create coats of arms for armigerous folks . His designs were relatively simple and he followed the Law of Arms without deviation or error , so the two heralds had no truly legal claim against him , despite their best efforts to have Ilmurk fined , arrested , and censured . Not only did Jongrath have the letter of the law on his side ( actually , it was the absence of any law against his practice ) , but Lady Marilyn Haresdown , the Duchess of the Purple Marches , found Jongrath amusing and sometimes stayed at his cottage in disguise while on hawking expeditions . Even King Haedrak Rhindaun III did not take the aspersions by the petty heralds seriously . Upon receiving a letter of complaint from Jongrath , he reportedly replied " tell the good miller that I ' ve every confidence in him and shall continue to do so until I personally find evidence otherwise . " Rumors and Legends . It was rumored that Ilmurk Jongrath was in possession of a powerful magical shield that had belonged to a cleric who fell in battle before returning to claim her newly decorated property . Jongrath hid the shield well and awaits for her return .