Old Giblin the Sage

Old Giblin the Sage (#8/30, #98/365)

This mad old coot is (or was) a sage, who was turfed out of the Pellod Spellcasters' Guild by Aldrag the Potent for pilfering books from the library. Exiled to Dust Town, old Giblin lives in a cluttered palm-frond hut, perched atop several still-standing Carsepolitan pillars on the eastern edge of town (and accessible only by flight, or a rope-ladder, if Giblin feels like letting it down).

Giblin spends most of his days and nights sitting in his hut, puffing on smoking weed, and peering out at the world with an ornate brass telescope; he is thus an accomplished astronomer and also knows much of the goings on around Dust Town. Such knowledge comes at a price, for Giblin always needs more funds to purchase smoking weed. Occasionally he even sits at the foot of the rope ladder, hawking a few trinkets on a rush mat to passersby:

• Luckleaf (see The Titan Herbal, p. 45) 2 sprigs for 20GP each
• Medusa Grass (see The Titan Herbal, p. 48) 1 bunch for 30GP
• 1 Scroll of Animal Control (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 97) 40 GP
• 8 Fire Rocks (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 99) 1GP each
• 2 Allansian Flare Tree Seedpods (see The Titan Herbal, p. 19) 5GP each
• Bag of 4 Hobgoblin Teeth (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 105) 12GP for the lot
• 1 Purple Candle (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 117) 30GP
  

Giblin's real passion however, is secretly studying the evil serpent people known as  the Caarth (his brass telescope is actually of Caarth manufacture). In fact, his whole disgraceful exit from Pellod was orchestrated by the renegade Caarth Vessistra (see #58), who did not want anyone as knowledgeable as Giblin anywhere near Pellod while she was setting up her criminal empire. Giblin's notes on the Caarth are kept in a coded notebook hidden under a loose plank in the hut's floor, alongside a battered copy of Voloidon Carsak's legendary journal (see Titan, pp. 86-89), and several minor Caarth astronomical texts written on sheets of copper. He is secretive about his obsession with the Caarth but will gladly purchase more Caarth 'books' and curios if possible.