A jungle forest of trees and mushrooms of all varieties. Mushrooms grow in all sizes from small, to towering larger than trees. Mushroom spores float through the air, causing various effects (some poisonous, some beautiful).
They never asked for his name "I've forgotten my manners, I am Balthazar Black!" the large hyena bends to a quick bow of introduction. "I could perhaapss polish up and cut that gem for you, if perhaps you might help me?" The pirate let the words slip off his vampiric tongue like a snake charmer. He takes note that the necklace the other carries was silver- something he would need to handle with care. That thought only brings on another- he has a stack of items next to a mushroom he would need to go back for later.
"Builder and trader, huh? I make my own craft ware too. Was taught by my town's resident blacksmith how to forge and smelt." That is always a great trade to have. Baltazar found himself beaming, he couldn't help it- after all the last trader or smith he'd seen was his mother, so the company was very much welcome. Plus he now had a fresh database to pluck information from, if the other allowed it.
"My mother taught me, she was the best crafts-men around-- and her mother could cook up some amazing foods." He purrs, eyelids closing halfway in pleasure as he recalls the food. Not that he needed the food to sustain himself, but it tasted nice.
His mother was a horse? "Which would make your father a lion? Now that is an interesting coupling. How did they meet?" His ears flex toward Matthias' facial features, trying to gauge his reaction to the curious question.
"Alright. What else is it that you're looking for?" Oh he had almost forgotten about asking for help, having gotten sucked into other subjects so easily.
"Well, I'd like to have a chain or leather strapping to hold my goggles together- i think I can do that or if you have the leather on hand I can do a trade... but right now I mostly need to find some sea-glass. They make excellent shields from da light, I was thinkin of purple. It's a lovely color- although blue is just as good.."
