Nugmeek the Elflike

Nugmeek the Elflike is the keeper of the Silver Staff Tavern in the Artifact Market.

## Quote

* **When Asked 'What are you?'** - I am an elf... if you want to know about my face it's a demon's curse... it's a long story...
* **When Asked 'Who are you?'** - I am Nugmeek.
* **When Asked 'Who runs the Artifact Market'** - I don't know... and I don't know if I want to know.
* **When Asked 'Tell me about this tavern'** - The Silver Staff, well it's a funny story... when I was a fresh faced elf I decided I would find a job that would show me the world, I found that a local mage in my small hamlet was going on a long pilgrimage and needed an apprentice, it seemed the perfectopportunity so I joined up with the old elf and off we set. It began simple at first, helping him set up camp, scouting the area ahead as we wandered and so on, after several weeks of adventure we found ourself at a cave, I was told this was what we were looking for and my master and I entered it's depths, I was confident we would be ok as my master was very familiar with the cave, he seemed to know every step, every drop, every hole and every turn, even in the darkness. I discovered the reason why after he bashed me on the head and knocked me unconscious, when I woke I was locked in a small hole, a sacrifice for the demon overlord, my 'master' was a demonic cult worshipper, now this is where my magnificent story kind of dries up, nothing amazing happened but one day after being dragged around his lair and cut with all manner of ceremonial blades, he threw me back into my hole but forgot to lock the gate on top of it. When he fell asleep later that eve, I escaped and robbed as much as I could carry with me, then when nearing the end I whacked a small land bridge within the cave as hard as I could with the staff and destroyed it, leaving him stuck inside the cave, I made off for the nearest settlement which happened to be here and I sold the majority of the stuff I had looted from my master. I sold enough to open this tavern and I kept the Silver Staff I had stolen from him and left it on display, that was fifteen years ago and I've been selling ale ever since, I do wish I could undo the markings and curses put upon my skin, but my life is fruitful and I am not in fear of my old master, there are much more powerful things here than him.
* **When Asked 'Tell me about this district'** - This district is the most popular part of the market, this is where all of the biggest and best artifact shops are, and of course the best tavern!
* **When Asked 'Tell me about the Second Trade District'** - It's just where the overflow goes, mostly the big trade happens here.
* **When Asked 'Tell me about the Mage Quarter'** - I've never been to the Mage Quarter, lots of strange goings on there and I've never been interested.
* **When Asked 'Tell me about the Adventurer's Quarter'** - The Adventurer's Quarter is an interesting place, lots of fun tales and interesting stuff going on there, the adventurer's are the backbone of the market in some ways, many of them are the ones who retrieve the artifacts which are subsequently sold here.
* **When Asked 'Tell me about the Centre of the Market'** - The centre of the market, sometimes visitors go and look at it but you can't get up to much there, it's very well protected.
* **When Asked 'What is wizard chilled ale?'** - Its ale that's been kept cool using some wizardry, usually drinks here are warm, of course it costs more for the privilege.

## References

* A random drunk silver staff patron says - You ever hear Nugmeek's story, a wild one, I think he's bluffing
* A random drunk silver staff patron says - Nugmeek the bartender here is cursed
* A random drunk silver staff patron says - I have never seen one as ugly as Nugmeek
* A random drunk silver staff patron says - You heard Nugmeek's story? If I were him I would have probably been killed
* A random drunk silver staff patron says - Have you heard Nugmeek's tale, if I were in his shoes no doubt I would have taken much more from the wizard
* A random drunk silver staff patron says - Nugmeek opened a bar with his stolen loot but didnt sell the staff, I wonder how much it's worth

## Trivia

* Nugmeek is the only character in the game with his face split down the middle