<div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/2f/The_umbar_market.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Bazaar</strong></span></div><br/>This colourful and chaotic bazaar is the heart of the Old City and has been so for centuries. Starting as a small vaulted bedesten (warehouse) built by order of Mehmet the Conqueror it grew to cover a vast area as laneways between the bedesten, neighbouring shops and hans (caravanserais) assumed the sprawling, labyrinthine form that it retains today. When here, be sure to peep through doorways to discover hidden hans, veer down narrow laneways to watch artisans at work and wander the main thoroughfares to differentiate treasures from tourist tack. It's obligatory to drink lots of coffee, compare price after price and try your hand at the art of bargaining.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Businesses</span></strong></span></div><br/><strong>Fadi’s House of Carpets:</strong>Sha’ib’s textile industry is renowned throughout the Dune Sea. Of the many master carpetmakers in the city, Fadi is widely regarded as the best. An old man with failing eyesight, Fadi can always be found hunched over his loom, weaving carpets in the traditional style. Many jinn mages patronize his establishment, for so beautiful are his creations that jinn are eager to be bound to such items. While most mages would dearly love to purchase one of Fadi’s carpets, the price tag of 3,000 dinars is beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest.<br/><br/><strong>The Thirteen Monkeys Coffee House:</strong>Popular among the middle classes, the Thirteen Monkeys stands out because of its unusual staff, all of whom are trained monkeys. The animals grind beans, boil water, make coffee, and even serve patrons. For a few dirhams extra, they also dance, screech in time to music, and juggle small objects. The only humans involved in running the establishment are Nadal bin-Yusef, the owner, and a hulking, one-handed brute known only as The Hand (named because he can crush a man’s skull like a grape). Nadal is there to make sure the monkeys behave, and The Hand ensures no one tries to kidnap one of the highly-skilled staff. When the coffee house closes, the monkeys are involved in other activities—thievery. Nadal is the guildmaster of the Seven Fingered Guild and the monkeys his most trusted members. The cunning devils never take stolen goods to the coffee house, but instead deposit their booty in a disused warehouse, from where it is collected later. Unlike regular trained monkeys, these cunning beasts can actually pick locks.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center">Post Header</div><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img height=200 padding=5]&lt;insert image&gt;[/img][/floatleft][hr][b]Name:[/b]<br/>[b]Race/Culture:[/b]<br/>[b]Location:[/b] <br/>[b]Day/Time:[/b] &lt;Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Evening are fine&gt;<br/>[b]Tagged:[/b] <br/>[hr]<br/></code></pre><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Seasons and Months</strong></span></span></div><br/>The year is broken down into three major seasons: Alak Arkhet (Flood), Alak Paret (Harvest), Alak Shemu (Dry), and a short “holy” season. The major seasons consist of four months of 32 days each. Within each season, the months are called Amt (First), Baot (Second), Anshi (Third), and Tamith (Fourth). Holy season is a single 32 day month at the end of the calendar, and is called Alak Neteru (Season of the Gods) by the Faithful and Alak Suha (Season of Contemplation) by the Devoted.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Days &amp; Weeks</strong></span></span></div><br/>Each month is broken down into four weeks of seven days, plus four extra days at the beginning. The weeks are<br/>numbered using the same notation as the four months of the each season. The seven days of the week are called Yaus al-Maat (Day of Balance), Yaus al-Kemi (Day of Flour), Yaus al-Hamala (Day of Lambs), Yaus al-Sesht (Days of Scribes), Yaus al-Niwt (Days of Houses), Yaus al-Ittrou (Day of the River), and Yaus al-Nefar (Day of Freedom).<br/><br/>The first four days of each month, which always fall during the new moon, are sacred holidays, being considered<br/>very unfortunate times to do anything except pray to the gods (Faithful) or contemplate the Hamad in order<br/>to ensure one is living in accordance with Asaheem's way (Devoted). It is especially unlucky to conduct business<br/>deals, weddings, funerals, battles, or anything else of significance during this time. As a result, the four religious<br/>holidays have no name, and when citizens must refer to one of the four days, they do in general terms such as,<br/>“tomorrow” or “in two days.”<br/><br/>In order to give a specific date list the week number, the day, the month number, and the season. For instance,  Anshi Yaus al-Sesht boat Alak Paret translates literally as, “The third Day of Scribes in the second month of Harvest Season.”  Using the translation is fine.<strong>We are starting the game on: The first Day of Houses in the first month of Harvest Season</strong><br/><br/><div align="center">Calendar (http://plothook.net/tools/calendar.html)</div>