Custen Meen

Custen Meen was a humble cobbler from the city of Baldur's Gate in the mid-to-late 14 century DR.
==History==
Custen Meen was a friend of the parents of the notorious leader of The Guild – Nine-Fingers Keene. When the Guildleader was just a young girl named Astele Keene, she was abducted and her hostage. During that time, Custen Meen sought the missing girl alongside her parents, and when she was returned, he celebrated with the family.
Decades later, by the , Nine-Fingers ran the Guild with an iron fist, collecting protection racket money from businesses of Baldur's Gate, including Custen Meen, a simple cobbler. When the city faced the Absolute crisis, the Guild faced an underground turf war with a new power – the Stone Lord. Losing territory, money, and manpower, Nine-Fingers and her bursar Uktar dramatically increased the prices for protection. Many could not pay, including Custen, who pleaded with the bursar and with the Guilmaster herself. Custen's business was being strangled, and he stated that when the wars were over, the city would still need crafters and cobblers like him. Sadly, Custen's fleas fell on deaf ears.
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Category:Cobblers
Category:Inhabitants of Toril
Category:Inhabitants of Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of West Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of the Western Heartlands
Category:Inhabitants of the Sword Coast
Category:Inhabitants of Baldur's Gate