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The warm glow of hanging, multi-coloured lanterns will set you at ease and relax you as you step forth into the Gnomish Settlement hidden away from the trouble and foul evil you have crossed in your journey to the Lower Dorn. The Gnomish Settlement is safe from all prying ears and you can rest within a building a short walk away and rest thy wounds, memorize thy spells and prepare to continue thy journey. Of course, the Gnomish Settlement holds more than just a nice relaxing place to rest as there are few people one can speak with while moving through the small settlement.
Most namely is the Dark Elf Nym, a merchant from the Underdark who has made his way through those twisting passages and traded with those he has come across and now he stands before you with all his goods. This is a great place to stack up on goods for you will want as much as possible when the last battle arrives for running out of arrows will do an archer no good and plenty of arrows does Nym have. Besides his goods, he has a very interesting story to tell and one I will not spoil here. What you do after you've learned the information he has is totally up to you.
Nym also has two quest items that you will want to grab if you took the quest from The Severed Hand and Valestis who was looking for AN ANIMAL to repopulate his garden at the top of the tower. Nym has two animals which you should take to Valestis, but don't forget, you also need the PURE WATER and SEEDS, the SEEDS can be found in this chapter further down while the PURE WATER is found in the Frost Giant's Lair within Wyrm's Tooth if you happened to miss it.
Besides Nym, there are a slew of Gnomes scattered through the settlement, each with a little thing to say to you but the most important Gnome would be Beorn, who was the Gnome who greeted you when you arrived at the Gnome Settlement. Once you're done looking around and doing what you have to do, go speak with him in the clearing where the circle of rocks are. He is suspicious of your party though, so he will ask you to go and free Guello, a Ruby Priest within the Lower Dorn - Upper Mines area. Now if you've already done this, simply close the dialog and speak with Beorn again and if you have not done this yet, head to the Lower Dorn - Upper Mines, find Guello and return to speak with Beorn.
Situated within the Gnomish Settlement is a Duergar Merchant named Dirty Llew, who will make you a shield made from the Umber Hulk and is selling Rhinoceros Beetle Armor. It takes at least 10 game days for the shield and costs 10,000gp! Many have said this is useless for the amount of time you wait and the money you pay to get one of these, for it is only a shield with an AC bonus of +1. The only good thing about this shield is if you happen to have a Druid in your party who is looking for a sweet shield to use, this would be it. It is perhaps the only large shield in the game that a Druid can use. Along with the shield, Dirty Llew is selling Umber Hulk Armor, which your Druid can wear as well and is AC 2 when worn. The downside is that it costs roughly 13,000gp.
When you receive the shield, it is also worth to take to Nym, the Dark Elf Merchant who will enchant it for a cost of 30,000gp and takes another 10 days but gets you a shield with a +3 AC Bonus; +1 vs missiles; 15% fire resistance.
Thanks out to Jason, Dan, Kim, NickSkull, Darrell, Errand, Phil, Al and Alan for their insight on Dirty Llew and the help he can give your party and Druids!
