The merfolk escorted the ship to their floating marketplace, and once there insisted on no weapons, spell foci or materials be allowed on those coming over.<br/>"You will not need them here. If you wish to hold on to your weapons, you can stay on your ship." the leader of the patrol said.<br/>At a closer look, the party could see merfolk tending to their business in bazaar tents atop the rafts, with a strange contraption in the middle of the floating, ring-like structure serving to draw or lower cargo from underwater. Inspecting many of the wares here revealed them to be handcrafted jewelry made from shells, pearls or bones of sea creatures, though there were actual goods as well, that looked like something cargo, or military ships would carry.<br/>"We take what we find on the bottom of the ocean, many of your surface people's vessels lie dead there, their bellies still full of what your kind prize most. Shining and glittering things, that have little practical use. We have taken some of that cargo, ones that we deemed valuable, and hereby offer to trade them back to you, in a fair deal for something of equal value, or landside curiosities we can learn from." Another of the merfolk explained, though to the crew of the Dusk Strider, he looked the same as the previous speaker. When a human and dwarf came running and hopping around like idiots in their joy of seeing another ship from the rafts, the sea-dwelling patrolman added "These two survived the loss of their vessel. We allowed them to stay on one of our rafts until a ship takes them away provided they can care for themselves. Perhaps they will guide you around our bazaar if you offer passage on your ship."<br/><br/>The pair wore torn and tattered sailors outfits, as well as about six pounds of jewelry, both golden and of merfolk made as well, and they jumped up and down and waved their hands at the group watching from the ship deck. Both had dark long hair and beards, and a rather unkept appearance, but that was perhaps acceptable, considering they lived atop floating wood planks for who knows how long, with their only company being half-fish creatures.