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Building 13 – Netmaker
🕑 Added 2025-04-11 15:39:10 +0000 UTCBack to the shops along the intersection of Market & Random. Based on a Patreon request from Mark Clover, I’m drawing up individual floor plans for shops, stores, vendors, and businesses along a single market block. As I draw these, I also have the overhead views drawn out on a map of the city block as I go, so when the series is complete you can use them on their own, or as a fully mapped out block of shops.
This is our thirteenth shop on the street, an oddball to find in the core market area of the city instead of dockside. There are several other netmakers in the docks district who work with the many fishing vessels and who see a constant flow of heavy business, but Alwen Bramblethorn moved his business to Market & Random a dozen years ago, and still sees significant business (and is welcomed by the other shop owners in the area because he’s always got spare rope and time to help with odd jobs in the neighbourhood – leaving the shop in his apprentice’s care).
Alwen Bramblethorn is a wiry, elderly halfling with nimble fingers that practically dance across the ropes as he crafts his nets. His weathered face is framed by a shock of wild white hair, and his eyes sparkle with wisdom and quiet amusement. Alwen’s hands bear the calluses of a lifetime dedicated to his craft, and the faint scent of salt and rope lingers around him, as though the sea itself has never released him even after a dozen years in this location.
Knotty Nets is a rustic, multi-level netmaker’s shop bustling with activity. The ground floor serves as the main workspace, cluttered with tools and half-finished nets, while the basement is stocked with supplies and storage for larger projects. Upstairs is a modest living area, with basic furnishings and hints of the owner’s personality scattered throughout.
The shop has a reputation for exceptional craftsmanship – and it must to keep in business away from the docks. Alwen is a trusted name among fishermen, traders, and adventurers alike – but most fishermen buy their nets and get them repaired at the dockside netmakers, so Alwen’s trade has definitely decreased since his move inland.
Alwen’s elven apprentice, Jago, is another story altogether. Jago is an oddball—frequently talking to themselves, making absurd contraptions, and sometimes forgetting where they put the actual nets.
Alwen lives upstairs in the shop, while Jago has a room in the basement. But the other door in the basement (concealed behind a large set of shelves that swing away from the wall) explains the true reason for Alwen’s move inland. A tight secret tunnel goes down to the basement and winds its way to a set of smugglers’ tunnels under the city. Both Jago and Alwen work with the thieves' guild to assist in the smuggling of smaller valuable cargoes.
The 1200 dpi versions of the map were drawn at a scale of 300 pixels per square and are 8,400 x 5,100 pixels (28 x 17 squares). To use this with a VTT you would need to resize the squares to 70 pixels (for 5′ squares) – so resizing the image to 1,960 x 1,190 pixels.
https://dysonlogos.blog/2025/04/11/building-13-knotty-nets-net-making-repairs-and-sales/
