Connects to: 19.01 and 29.14.08.
When Albus Flidge was a young man he ranged the Grey Mountains with the Browncloaks, but retired after raiding Hearthwright Green (19.01). Shortly thereafter, he set up a small clockworks in Shuttered, despite having no training in such arts. Thanks to the small size and intricate decorations that his pocket watches boast, Flidge Clockworks soon began selling to the greatest nobles of the City and even to the wives of the Doge themselves (29.14.08).
Many rivals have tried to worm their way into Flidge’s confidence and find the secret to his timepieces’ design, but to no avail and the inner chambers of his clockworks are well guarded by certain devices hauled back from his adventuring days. But the secret to his clocks is this: they are made by a village of enslaved jermalaines that Flidge captured many years past. Their tiny hands enable them to create delicate work beyond the dreams of even the most slender-fingered halfling. He was able to lure them out of their caves by promising to eat the mushrooms that cause one to shrink but, alas for the jermalaines, they had no effect outside the confines of Hearthwright Green.
Since then the jermalaines have labored in Flidge’s workshop under the baleful eyes of his cats. However, in recent years Flidge’s advancing age has meant that he has not supervised 
the jermalaines as closely as was once the case and they have taken to making modifications to the designs of their pocket watches and some of Flidge’s customers have had most unpleasant surprises. But, despite this, Flidge’s prestige is such that he continues to command the highest prices in the City.
Connections:
- One of Flidge’s watches is whispering to the Blind Doge.
Hooks:
- What is Flidge’s security system?
- How have the jermalaines modified the pocket watch designs?
- Have any been able to escape into the City of Shuttered Windows?