Perhaps I should have kept a more worried eye on the rising tensions, dear patrons. I do apologise for my long absence, but unfortunately Dulama recently threw the entire area into open warfare, by assassinating the local leader of the Deep Flower with the sword that I had sold her. Honestly, patrons, and here I thought my taste in people had improved.
As a result, the Closed Hand appears to have taken advantage of the opening to make their own strike, and open warfare erupted just outside my door. Needless to say, I was forced to close shop.
On its own, this should not have forced me to stop advertising on here, but apparently, the supplies I had been buying from the Deep Flower were just waiting for a call to arms, and I had to deal with that. All my fire vines lit up at once, and the beautiful store that I have spent the past ten years making my own burned down.
It is gone, patrons. My shop is nothing but ashes, my creation and my home gone in one fell swoop.