Magic Shop Goes Out of Business Due to Lack of Sales
“And anything they couldn’t use would be sold to us. We were the only who would risk buying fakes, or even worse, cursed items.”
Local emporium of the mystic and arcane, Ye Olde Magik Shoppe, will close its runed doors and lock its bewitched locks for the last time at the end of this week. The store, located on Roc Street, is the one remaining location of a franchise that once boasted 3 storefronts and a seasonal popup shop in Heartwatch, all of which will have been dispelled in a matter of days.
Hard times and a poor economy have affected almost all the city's businesses, but owner Mestif Wrentaff says the true problem lies with a lack of supply. “Magic items are rare. It used to be that your average adventurer would carry around 5 to 10 magic items at any given time,” says Wrentaff. “And anything they couldn’t use would be sold to us. We were the only who would risk buying fakes, or even worse, cursed items.” Wrentaff then proceeded to try to give us an odd helmet and adventurer recently traded in. “It’s peculiar, this helmet is the last item I took in before deciding to close the stores.”
Adventurers themselves aren’t quite sure what they’ll do with what few magic items they don’t need now that the shop is closing. “We’re not finding as many enchanted weapons and armor, or even trinkets, as we used to,” says long-time adventurer Gren Felltrail. “But many of the ones we do find have absolutely no use in combat. For example, I found this one helmet that didn’t seem to help my defenses at all, but made me want to open a magic shop just so I could close it.” Felltrail isn’t hopeful for future prospects. “Pretty soon we won’t have anyone to take these highly situational items off our hands.”
As for Wrentaff’s future, he plans to retire with his savings and the inventory he hasn’t been able to sale. “I’d like to do some exploring, maybe find some magic items of my own.” The former shopkeeper did note that there was one last sale he’d like to make. “Any adventures who are looking to buy magic items, I have a nice helmet I can give you a great deal on.”