The Lucius Ward

The Lucius Ward is the ward in Beaumont dedicated to Education, and Magical/Technological Innovation in Beaumont. Inventors, Teachers, Students, Arcane Masters, and anyone else with a talent for creating live and work here. It is largely dominated by workspaces, studios, apartments, and areas to test and refine innovations. The ward is quite large and is separated from the other dedicated wards because of it's import and because of the commotion that takes place there. It also has many methods of travelling to the Factories below (see **The Gears**) mainly elevators powered by pully systems.

* **The Guide's Lantern:** A massive library in the Glass in the center of the Education/Development District that while accessible in location is extremely to gain entry to. It is filled with scholars and mages of all disciplines, a place of enlightened conversation and friendly debate. No better place in the Realms exists for those who have a love for or a need of knowledge and who want to pursue such interests alongside fellow seekers.
* **Bronze Arch Plaza:** A massive park underneath and around the Bronze Arch leading to the Lucius Ward. It is a popular location for general outdoor activities for citizens who are coming from the Market Districts or live in the Rising Glass or Setting Glass Neighborhoods. It is an extremely popular location, but can become somewhat dangerous at night, despite the overhead lighting from the underside of the Bronze Arch.
* **Itofyce Arcane Academy**- A college dedicated to teaching the mastery of arcane magic in a variety of schools of magic and through various forms of teaching.
* **Olanora's Institute of Learning:** A college run by various highly renowned inventors teaching nonmagical and magically supplimented inventing skills, developing students' engineering, tinkering, and fabrication skills and understanding.
* **Claufinn University:** A more broadly focused college teaching many of the topics the other two institutions don't cover. It is usually seen as a more accessable and "mundane" college, although graduates still gain the respect of many peoples.

### **Blacksmith**

**Metal Fabrications:** **Ash** - a hulking Fire Genasi woman runs this blacksmith who supplies much of the city's Light Guard with weapons and armor, but will sell to anyone. He also likes to experiment with adding hidden compartments or gadgets to armor and weapons.

Fletcher - Makes bows and arrows. Also crossbows, and is tinkering with guns.

### **Tailor**

**A Stitch in Time:** A clothing shop run by a small blue tiefling man named **Kyzer** **Spiff.** He makes custom clothes (preferably out of the box ideas) or sells clothes of current fashion in Beaumont (suit coats, steampunk esque).

### **Jeweler**

**Ready for Anything Jewelers:** A small jewel shop that sells mostly uncut gems for use in spells and experiments. You can have the jewels cut to order if you need a particular shape for refraction, but spell casters tend to take them as they are. It is run by a Half-elven person named **Glory Lightfeather** who seems as though they gather the gems themselves. They are quick to help and talk about the origins of their jewels, and just as likely to trade as they are sell.

### **Arcane Matters**

**The Tides of Time**: A shop run by a shifter man named **Alexi Stormrunner** who sells some rudimentary magic items that cast cantrips for everyday use, and some newer more experimental items. He also sells components for spells and has recommendations for places to get your own.

### **Bookstore**

**The Nestled Nook:** A sprawling bookstore run by a quiet elderly non-binary Tortle named **Tott.** They sell books of all kinds from their life long travels, as well as spell scroll and components. They also have some temple/religious items as part of spell scroll making.

### **Tinkering/Materials**

**Wheel of Fortune:** A small quaint shop run by a wheelchair ridden gnome man named **Orbar Pebblefen** who's clockwork inventions run his shop. He has many small devices that can perform menial tasks, air purifier masks for **the Gears**, as well as things like caltrops and other small metals, gears, tools, etc. for making your own tinkered devices. He is very kind and willing to come up with a new invention for the fun of it.

### **Potions**

**Fran’s Fortuitous Froths:** A potion shop run by a very sallow human? woman named **Fran**. She has been know for her experimentation with potions of dubious origins and craftsmanship which almost never work as advertised, but always help you in a way you didn’t know you need. She also sells standard potions, but she will give you a discount if you buy even just one of her concoctions. She is creepy, stiff, wont step into the light, and weirdly curt about her creations just saying "they work, they work, they work" over and over.

### **Inns/Taverns**

#### **The Mystic** - Pricey

1. **Elias Alondir** - A non-binary high elf mage who seems a bit out of place running an inn. Being a bit of a germaphobe, he has several unseen servants as his wait staff as well as his pseudodragon that collects payment and tips. Elias never touches the coins from his customers, instead dumping it all into a chest with Mage Hand and cleaning it later. When the tavern gets busy, the high elf gets a bit of anxiety and copes by letting out small laughs and chuckles as he converses with his patrons. Will pay handsomely for self-washing dishes because he can't stand touching dirty ones.
2. A small dining area for breakfast and a buffet style dinner. Very little alcohol. A common room with nice high backed chairs and a fireplace, but no real bar. The bakery is surprisingly good for unseen servant food.
	* A portal opens in the middle of the tavern. A man wearing pajamas comes out of it, orders a drink, and leaves through the portal, that closes behind him. If the players ask anyone, they will just say he shows up sometimes.

#### **The Brass Lantern Inn** - Normal

A perfectly normal tavern however all the lights are always on in every room and are impossible to put out. If the owner is asked about it, he sheepishly admits he's afraid of the dark. Run by a light gray furred Tabaxi man named **Milo Milkweed.**

**Milo Milkweed** is extremely scared of the dark. Like he sleeps with all the lights on scared. He's a street kid who was always scared of the dark and he found a god of light to make sure he was never shoved in a corner again. He is also stupid as fuck.

* **PERSONALITY TRAITS:** I ask a lot of questions. I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me. I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding.
* **IDEALS:** Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a better life.
* **BONDS:** I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
* **FLAWS:** If I’m outnumbered, I will run away from a fight.

#### **The Tinkerer's Tonic - Cheap**

A tavern run by a female dwarf tinkerer named **Padwitt "Patty" Hastings** who only does it part time, but is open full time. He is often in the back where his tinkering shop is and will only come out to serve you if you ring a bell, where he's quick to get you what you need and head back to his work. He is very nervous and doesn't pay attention. He also usually has blast marks on his clothes or face.

##### Employees

* **Chrisibell Wellforth** - A female teen gnome who has blonde hair with shaved sides and the top is braided into a bun. She's the bartender and hostess of the inn and she loves the job almost as much as she loves the owner of the inn. She is exremely excited to meet new people and share with them the little magic she knows, which makes her a pretty great saleswoman. She's going to be in love with a particular member of the party because they reminder her a lot of her boss.
* **Vasmer Forwit** - A male adult dwarf who is the bouncer and waiter at the inn. He wears beautifully decorated leathers with a swirling light blue designs on a white base that he cares for almost as much as his new kitten "mittens". He talks slowly, but in a very kind and straightforward way. His memory is fantastic and can spot a bully from a mile away. He's also very afriad of children for some odd reason.
* **Melana Tallas** - A female adult tiefling with ash gray skin and strikingly large horns. Her eyes are a bright green color matching striking tattoos on her bare arms and hands of the same color. She is very muscular and hold herself striaght up while working as the bartender and bouncer. She loves money, beating the crap out of roudy guests, and pushing people's buttons, especially by calling them by the wrong names. She's secretly having an affair with the owner who she things is a wimp. She's also got a really weak stomach and will puke at the sight of anything gross (except blood).

### **Market Food**

* **baker: Argo** - Sweet, young, proud, chubby, dwarven man
* **meat pockets: Bahira** - gruff, quick, particular, Half-orc woman, buff
* **bowl to go: Nayar** - Silver dragonborn person, multitasker, overwhelmed, apologetic, sweaty and clumsy
* **fish and chips: Olly** - bored, old, crippled, Aarakocra man (seagull), won't haggle
* **fruit: Happy (Happy Button)** - Tabaxi woman (lioness), knows almost nothing about the fruit she's selling, creepy, eats fruit with knife, seems like she sells other things
* **vegetables: Corbin** - halfling man, sweet, frail, a bit disappointed when you try to haggle or talk bad about things, large glasses