Midgard Markets

## Accessible Via

Portal in Warp Hall

The **Midgard Markets** were a collection of item shops located beneath Skyloft Palace in Midgard during the Ninth Era.

Most of the vendor inventories were intended to support builders. All items were purchased with ethereum, the central currency of Halfast. The markets were easily accessible through a portal in Warp Hall.

Like the castle above, Midgard Market was easy to find from a distance thanks to its purple beacon. All visitors received the Speed III, Jump Boost, and Fire Resistance II effects and were immune from fall damage.

# Shops

### Witch's Hut

The Witch's Hut was located on a small pond at the southeast corner of the markets. Its design was different than the swamp huts traditionally found in the wilderness.

Owned by the alchemist Morgan, the shop sold several unique potions unobtainable anywhere else. Her black cat familiar Shadow also sold items on the hut's front porch.

### Midgard Flower Shop

The Midgard Flower Shop, also known as Honey's Flower Shop, stocked flowers and plants of all kinds and could be found on the market's south side in a black concrete and oak wood building.

It was owned by Honey.

### Traveling Merchant

*Main article: Traveling Merchant*
The Traveling Merchant was a wandering trader who sold wares at the Midgard Blacksmith Shop's southeast corner.

### Midgard Blacksmith Shop

The Midgard Blacksmith Shop was a wood, brick, and stone building on the west side of the market. It sold a variety of miscellaneous items that involved metalworking.

Vulcan owned and operated the shop.

### *Gulltoppr*

The *Gulltoppr* was the personal end ship of Heimdall, floating above the Midgard Blacksmith Shop and Midgard Bank at the market's northwest corner. He and his phantom familiar Danny sold items native to The End.

### Midgard Bank

Midgard Bank was a currency exchange located on the market's north side in a wood-and-stone building adorned with blocks of solid gold. It provided customers with the means of converting legacy ethereum tokens obtained via voting prior to 9E:18 into newly minted ethereum that could be spent in the markets at a 1:1 conversion rate.

The shop was operated by Plutus behind protective iron bars in a vaulted cage.

### Wan Shi Tong's Library

*Main article: Wan Shi Tong's Library*
Located on the market's north side next to Midgard Bank in an oak-and stone building overgrown with ivy, Wan Shi Tong's Library was the home of the librarian Wan Shi Tong. Though the library's stacks were full, Wan Shi Tong refused to sell any of his books to customers.

Thus the shop had no items to purchase.

### Hyper's Junk

Hyper's Junk was a sailing ship anchored offshore in the bay beneath Skyloft Palace on the market's eastern edge. The merchant Susano operated there.

The shop had no items to purchase.

# History

The Midgard Markets opened to the public on 9E:18.

Reception was mixed; many veterans such as Sleekit, Jinx, and Seudo supported the market offerings, but Jrod and Boiled Rice were harsh critics of prices they deemed to be far too low for items powerful enough to disturb the steep difficulty curve on Halfast. This opposition was not without a degree of irony, as the Midgard Markets were partially conceived of by HyperSilence as a response to their efforts to hoard high-value items from The End and blockade the entire dimension during the Eternal Chaos End Expedition. Nevertheless, Hyper addressed their constructive criticism by removing several items and rebalancing the pricing.

Additional items such as the Invisible Item Frame were later added to the markets.

# Gallery

Midgard MarketsLooking south*Gulltoppr* beneath Skyloft PalaceMidgard Flower ShopInside the Midgard Flower ShopFlowers at the Midgard Flower ShopRoof of the Midgard Flower ShopPlutus on duty at Midgard BankInside Midgard BankPlutus' office at Midgard BankPlutus in the vault cageEntrance to Wan Shi Tong's LibraryInside Wan Shi Tong's LibraryWan Shi Tong at the back of his libraryMidgard Blacksmith ShopVulcan's forge at the Midgard Blacksmith ShopItem storage at the Midgard Blacksmith ShopMidgard Blacksmith Shop second floorInside *Gulltoppr*Susano on Hyper's Junk