A Heavy Roleplay Black Market

Once in a fallen moon, the criminal, the desperate, and the curious gather in the sequestered town of Crescent Cove to trade in things beyond the mundane offerings of the over-taxed Sapphire Avenue. From curious trinkets and exoticto otherwordly animals, all could be yours, for a price.

But beware.

The price is not always gold.


Next Market is APRIL 28th , 2024 from 8pm EST to 12am EST
Located on Balmung, Western Thanalan, Crescent Cove docks

Join our discord here.

    For questions, comments, or concerns not covered in our rules and FAQ section,
    you can reach one of the following event organizers.
    howick on Discord.
    maahri on Discord.
    reprehensible_deeds on Discord.
    Alessandra Divinorium on FFXIV .

    Vendors but in sick ass font

    Merchants can be found at their number on the map.
    Merchants switch at at 10pm EST. Please be patient. No running another vendor out early.

    Vendors but in sick ass font

    Gold "Looking to Meld" = Merchant

    Green "Looking for Party" = Security

    Party Finder (Kraken's Cove) = Organizer

    Security is for IC intervention only and provided by the Harlequin!
    Please contact an organizer if you have an OOC issue.


    Shroudrose Teahouse

    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Come see Shroudrose Teahouse to enjoy our unique blends of tea and snacks from all over Eorzea and beyond, made with the finest of ingredients. And what goes better with tea than some pleasant conversation? Ask about our information brokering and private investigations services, and we can schedule a consultation or have an available employee assist you. Tell us what you need, and we'll spill the tea.Click here for carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Information brokering & premium teas


    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    A small and eclectic shop run by a young traditional Keeper of the Moon. The shop originally started out of necessity ran out of a caravan cart pulled by a lavender, handicapped chocobo, but is now run more as a hobby than anything else. In a proper building no less. Not only is the means of reaching it as whimsical as it's owner, but the various wares within are sure to catch the interest of anyone who stops by.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    The Whispered Word offers enchanted magical items that include weaponry, apparel, potions, drugs and even specialty drinks. Alongside that, they offer custom enchantment orders, identification of magical items, help with curses or hexes, help with blessings, and even a bit of fate reading on the side. Tarot, Oracle, and Rune to be specific.


    The Spellward

    10 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    "Knowledge belongs to all. The books belong to me."A stern looking, eerily silent and short spoken Duskwight Elezen stands behind a stall. On it, a single thing: a business card, adorned with an arcane sigil, and a name: "The Spellward."Behind him, a pile of books, ancient, by the looks of it. Though any titles they may have had have since faded to time, even the briefest glance at them would make one thing clear: There was knowledge to be found in these books. Arcane knowledge? Forbidden knowledge? Perhaps a delicious recipe? Regardless, he did not seem eager to part with them, content to observe in silence, and let people approach him. Will you?

    What's on offer...

    Books - though Malorin is an odd individual. They will not be available for browsing. He will ask people what knowledge they seek, and based on their answer, he will recommend a book of his choosing. Whether they want it or not will be up to them.


    Naraku Merchantile

    8 PM EST - 10 PM EST

    About

    A merchant syndicate led by three triple sisters, each running a division of the three branches: The Fangs of Naraku, the R&D division, specialize in dealing in drugs, poisons, and other alchemic concoctions. The Eyes of Naraku, the covert division, offers information, assassination and espionage services for the right price. The Coils of Naraku, the militant division, are looking to recruit fresh blood and muscle into their ranks.

    What's on offer...

    A crew representing Naraku Mercantile stands with a couple crates. A table with little hand-written cards describing their drug offerings lies before them for perusal. Naraku Mercantile deals in anything worth money on the black market, and offers cleaning, forging, logistics, wetwork/hits, and muscle for hire.


    Whisker & Wyrm

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    Whisker & Wyrm consists of the duo named as such, providing a large variety of nefarious wares. Whisker is the main mastermind behind the duo, whipping up questionable concoctions and scraping off just a bit of that rust from your antique Garlean Gunblade. Wyrm provides oddities from around the realm, a lot of the time looking like something he scraped off the bottom of his boot. But sometimes there's a good treasure! Sometimes.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    The duo has done their best to bring a wide selection of wares to the market, from their sought after incendiaries to various Allag trophies dating far back to the Third Astral Era. Illegal weapons, new and refurbished, so every budget is considered. Poisons and strange mixtures that make you question why they'd do that. Whisker himself might take a special request, either for pickup at a later date, or if you're quick enough, it will be ready by the time they pack up shop.


    La Famiglia de Argento

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    La Famiglia will be bringing a hand selected selection of designer drugs and specialty weapons to peddle tools of both pleasure and pain.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Drugs include Bliss, Cuchulainn’s Bounty, Velvet Rapture along with more common offerings like fogweed and somnus. Weapons include a selection of magitek enhanced arms that can pull off some crazy shit. Please check the carrd for more information!


    Meat & Stuff

    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Livers, Lungs, and Hearts galore, come on down to The Senju Clan's meat store. Have an interest in learning how to harvest meat for your own personal business? Interested in an internship as a meatman or meatwoman? Then come by and speak to Mr. Samaru Senju. Please ask about our other businesses. Remember, when it comes to the competition, "No one can beat OUR Meat!"Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Various organs, meats, and etc.


    Midnight Bloom

    10 PM - 12 PM

    About

    From fencing services to stolen goods, The Midnight Bloom is a family business operating in the shadows of the law, bent on making the lives of a few thieves that much richer and easier.

    What's on offer...

    Stolen goods and fencing services. (All gil exchanged solely ICly)


    The Menagerie

    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Striking Talon is a retired Mercenary who had a failed bid to buy into the Ul'dah Syndicate. She created the Menagerie, spaces where folks venture to commission her goods both legal and illicit, make criminal contacts, and have a safe haven in a neutral zone with a mostly adhered to non aggression pact amongst patrons.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Talon's specialities are in information exchange, creation of enchanted or tampered food and beverage, creation of functional prosthetic limbs, sale of illicit drugs or weapons, and esoteric knowledge of mammets, advanced mammetworks, and generalized knowledge of magitech. She also will be handing out invites to a cage fighting arena.


    The Aureate Iris

    8 PM - 12 AM

    About

    Run by one Ilhan Al-Jaziri Ibnat Yasin, this stall boasts itself as an oasis for those with great need. All manner of tinctures, elixirs, and potions sit on offer, ready to salve all manner of woes and worries.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Alchemical elixirs and enchanted pigments, tempting talismans, inebriants of varying effects and legality.


    Phoenixian Labs

    10 PM - 12 AM

    About

    Do you need gil? Do you or a loved one fail to value your life and/or wellbeing? Are you perhaps of a curious persuasion, and wish to assist in furthering the pursuit of scientific and alchemical knowledge?Then Phoenixian Labs -might- be right for you! Participate in potentially beneficial drug trials! Get gil easily and with little to no cost* to yourself! Be part of a grander experiment than you've ever dreamed!*Phoenixian Labs is not responsible for any harm done to either your mental or physical state. Please consult your chirgueon before taking experimental and/or extralegal substances.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Payment for drug and substance trials, they even have contracts!


    Raqi

    10 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Mavka al-Raqi is an aetherologist, thanatologist, and general gadfly.Still, they offer services; an experienced portfolio of cursebreaking (and cursemaking), exorcism, and less-than-entirely- ethical research (though, always with sound data in mind) is at your disposal to pick and peruse!Oh, along with relics, haunted objects, cursed trinkets, and other miscellaneous goodsClick here for carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Drugs, exotic goods from Othard and Ilsabard, various "entirely legal'" tomes and trinkets.Services in:Ashkin (in general)Aetheric consultationsMinor goldsmithing


    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Welcome to Yahsra's Exotic Exports, where we find items and collect things beyond the normal eye.Here, we don't sell what you would find in your normal merchant's den. Here, you'll see some things you've never seen before, or perhaps things you may not find eslewhere.Our items tend to change, so if you want, ask what's new, and I may suprise you.~Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    • Animals from far away lands

    • Forbidden Potions and Poisons

    • Specialized and handmade Drugs

    • Artifacts and trinkets from ruins, collected or handmade

    Black Rose Cafe

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    A mysterious miqo'te tends a stall. A black rose adorns their hair, a symbol that some in Ul'dah may be familiar with. The sign below the stall bears a similar symbol and the words "Black Rose Brewery & Café" written in elegant Eorzean manuscript. The aroma of freshly ground coffee beans wafts in the air and draws you to it like a siren's song, but a cold wind chill down your spine gives you a hint of unease. This is no ordinary market, after all. And perhaps not an ordinary miqo'te.Along the various spaces along the stall's counterspace are adorned various coffee equipments - a grinder, a pour-over pot, an ishgardian press, seemingly chosen explicitly to make traditional coffee on the go. Alongside these ornaments are various glass bottles of differing size, shape, and colour of liquid. They all remain unlabeled and are sealed with a single large cork.

    What's on offer...

    Coffee (Pour-over, Ishgardian Press, or Ala Mhigan brewed)Pastries (Strawberry Tart, Apple Fritter, or Coffee Cake)Tea (Green, Black, Chai, and Roobios)Alchemical solutions for everyday needs and combat potencyFeel free to ask about any of our items or our delivery services

    Beguiled Spring Bathhouse

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    The Beguiled Springs is a criminal syndicated that has their hands in quite a few pots. With an Eorzean pirate crew getting weekly hauls, there’s always something coming our way that needs to be offloaded. We are involved in many facets of business ranging from smuggling, drugs, fencing, information brokering, a bit of the occult and escorts. We run our business out of a lounge in the heart of Ul’dah. Have something you need moved? That’s our game. Looking for something to occupy those idle hands? We have work for you. Our doors are always open for someone looking for a drink, information to share, business to discuss, or a vice that needs a fix.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    With our fleets making weekly hauls and raids there’s always something up for sale. We always have an assortment of narcotics to move, weapons, armor, fabrics, etc. Always work to hand out from petty crime to wet work.

    Spider's Silk Bazaar

    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Welcome to Spider's Silk Bazaar! A traveler in need of a new majestic companion? Perhaps some ehancers to add to your affairs and /deeds/, maybe something more...like special relics of plenty? The Bazaar specializes in all of the above and bases home in Thavnair with trades from Kugane underworld and the darker allies of the colorful city beyond. The silk of the spider is a web of a plethora of items! Weapons, enchanted items, rare items. Come find what your desires lure to.Click here for carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Accursed items, Mystic/Exotic beasts and creatures, Alchemic Potion Enhancers!

    Sages & Secrets

    8 PM - 11 PM EST

    About

    Owned and operated by Ynali'wo Rabntah and Xa'vett, Sage & Secrets provides a comfortable place within the woods of the Black Shroud to unwind and unnoticed. Outwardly a modest apothecary and while more than a mere front, much of the business comes from the lower level where drink, smoke, and substances are offered and patrons are invited to enjoy the calm and quiet to indulge.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Available wares include various inebriating drugs and poisons in addition to methods of delivery. On one side, small vials are evenly spread out with varying shades of liquid inside, some simply clear. Beside them in wooden cases were rows of small darts with very fine needles, some with red dyed feathers and some with blue. On the other side, Containers of various substances were spread out with only small amounts on display.In addition to those, they are also available for hire for jobs that require a bit of stealth, including thievery or Assassination, should such services be desired.

    Khan & Cloudthoughts Security Solutions

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    Selling various tools and services to help 'test' someone's security by breaking the fuck in, getting shit, and getting out.Click here for the google doc!

    What's on offer...

    See the product listing in the link below! From lockpicks to tomecrackers!

    Sacha Roux

    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Blessings, trinkets, and otherworldly services, all one needs in the face of the end, and beyond.Sometimes the best path we have is beyond the breach.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    'Enchanted' (possessed) items with various upsides, and downsides, spiritual/curse removal services, exorcism and seance (for booking), divinations, necromancy and soul-binding services (for booking)

    Midnight Bloom

    10 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    The Midnight Bloom is offering their services as a fence or smuggler. If you have something other people don't want to take off your hands or a shipment you want delivered anywhere in the Eorzean Alliance, we are at your service. We also have certain merchandise to sell; currently a small quantity of Garlean officer gunblades and rare "heretical" texts from the Dragonsong War.

    What's on offer...

    A small quantity of Garlean officer gunblades and rare "heretical" texts from the Dragonsong War. Fencing services.

    Lunatic Delights

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    A little piece of Radz-at-han in Eorzea. A small shoppe kept by a lone, particularly small viera trying to bring the magic of Thavnair over to the west. A dream that started as a way to collect money for a personal research, and now stands as its own little institution.Click here for carrd!

    What's on offer...

    At Lunatic Delights we bring succor to the weary and hungry! Hot, spicy food for those who wish to fill their stomachs! Alongside flasks and sacks of spices coming from the deepest corners of Hydaelyn for those who wish to actually put some thought on their food. Finally, we offer the Oracle services of an expert, seasoned Astrologian! Tarot readings and Starchart making, all just for you! We pride ourselves in our service.

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    A small reliquary squirrelled away in the shores of Shirogane, were a crew of like minded individuals venture out and secure, retrieve (or steal) misplaced (or stolen) artefacts. While they try to decipher these ancient creations for sale, not all things are revealed and unfortunate cases of "monkey paw-ing" has occurred.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Offering relics forgotten or sometimes sought after by many, which cover anything from mundane items of worship all the way to lost artefacts or devices from ages past. Items that have come from ancient places may have some unintended side effects that the sellers are not responsible for.

    Rosa's Self-Defense Emporium

    8 PM - 10 PM EST

    About

    Crowded around a wooden stall are various firearms ranging from humble holdout pistols to hefty auto rifles. Placed neatly to the side of the main display are various other conventional implements of violence such as swords, spears, knives, and the like simply labeled "Other Stuff." Behind the beautiful stall runner and employee of the month are stacks of boxes with a sign saying "Ask about me!"

    What's on offer...

    - Guns, and lots of them! Pistols, revolvers, carbines, mustketoons, rifles; all in prices and quality ranging from economical (and dubious) to dazzling high quality craftsmanship that's sure to flaunt your seriousness in standing your ground.- The Devil's Dozen Special (Buy 12 holdout pistols/revolvers, get 1 free.)- Other nonmagical weapons for the simpler forms of "self-defense."- A revolutionary new form of shopping known as "Lootboxes." Entertaining and rewarding, your shopping experience will never be the same again!

    The Magician's Apprentice

    10 PM - 12 PM EST

    About

    A tall man in black mage's attire stands vigil at his stall. He calls himself the Right Hand of Shatotto, but you can call him what you will. One golden eye peers from above his tall collar and a few tow locks fly from underneath his hat, but otherwise, he's taken some few pains to keep his identity a secret: this is a solo operation, and one he's keen to keep somewhat underground. It looks like he has various ritual implements and alchemical concoctions for sale - a thaumaturgic array of ceremonial daggers, bottled potions, candles, and more. Take a look and name your price; he'll accept just about anything.Click here for the carrd!

    What's on offer...

    Tinctures and salves for various purposes, from relief of the body and mind to deadly poisons for your enemies.Ceremony tools, like knives and ofuda, to be placed on your altar or used in your totally-not-cult rituals.Weapons for use against just about any spiritual foe you may come across - or regular, non-ghoulish foes, if you've no alternative.... freshly-baked cookies????And more. Ask for anything not listed and he may very well deliver.Crystals? Mana elixirs? Voidsent blood? Hells, he may even go on a grocery run for you if you ask him nicely enough. You'll just have to see.

    Troubling Trinkets

    8 PM - 12 AM EST

    About

    Dungeon delvers, and illicit surveyors, Thieves from Gilded Irreverency bring back all sorts of curious items, the ones they keep to sell here are usually magical, and more often than not cursed.

    What's on offer...

    Cursed and Magical Trinkets, weapons and Artifacts. Some Consumables. Some examples:Triasma: A Dagger with a piercing strength so strong, it can go right through plate armor like butter. The wielder slowly gains an unstable lust to kill the longer they hold it.Spices: Magical dust, when spread over an area casts a spell. Some examples include:Sleep Spice
    Cinder Sparks (Highly flammable and explosive)
    Stealth Spice (Invisibility)
    Memory Miasma (Those who inhale it forget everything within the last hour)
    Slowing Spice
    Lightweight Spice (Leaping potion, feels like anti-gravity)

    8 PM - 12 PM EST

    About

    Welcome to Apocrypha Auctions and Acquisitions, a small auction house and rare object trading company.Acquiring unique alchemical concoctions, spices, aetherial artifacts, and art, we auction these off to discerning clientele.Beneath this we trade in far more unique objects, collecting illicit poisons, banned books, dangerous artifacts, and stolen treasures to sell to the highest bidder or most secretive buyer.

    What's on offer...

    This evening, Apocrypha will unveil a selection of goods for direct sale. These items will fall within the realm of artifacts of cultural significance, tools of work and worship from all across the known star. To supplement this variety, a rare assortment of tomes will also be sold, guaranteed to excite curiosity and scientific fascination.Check out their items here!

    Apply

    Stall Runner

    For those wanting a spot at the monthly Kraken's Cove event.
    Stall runners can sell items or experiences, advertise their groups, run minigames, and more.

    Stall runners are asked to stay for at least 2 hours. The standard times for stall runners are 8pm - 10pm EST or 10pm - 12pm EST market day. If you would like both time slots or have odd hours (9pm-11pm EST for example) let us know via the form!

    To apply...

    1. Familiarize yourself with the rules of the market here.

    2. If you have never submitted a Google Form for us, please do so by hitting the apply button below. Please be aware this button may not be available if we have not yet opened the form!

      If you've submitted a form in the past, you can RSVP a spot with a moderator in the Kraken's Cove Discord instead.

    3. Wait for a moderator to contact you via Discord. If accepted, we'll ask you to join the Discord and provide additional information in a forum there for us!

    Security

    For those who want their character to be ICly hired by the Kraken's Cove market to handle security and safety during the monthly event.

    ICly, security's job is to ensure that disturbances don't effect the merchants and that the rules of the market are upheld. They report to the Security Officer.
        Every member welcomed into security will be ICly required to sign a contract which clarifies their duties and binds them to a non-disclosure agreement. Who knows if that'd actually hold up in a court of law?

    OOCly, security deals with market-goers strictly ICly. Anything that escalates to an OOC argument should be directed to a moderator. We ask security players to intervene in fights, mingle with slower stalls, and provide the general ambience of muscled protection so that the crooks don't get any ideas.
        There maximum of 10 security players per market. If more than 10 people are interested in playing security, security for the night will be randomly selected with those who were unable receiving priority next market.

    To apply...

    1. Familiarize yourself with the rules of the market here.

    2. Hit the apply button below. Please be aware this button may not be available if we have not yet opened the form!

    3. Wait for a moderator to contact you via Discord. If accepted, we'll ask you to join the Discord and give you a role or change your role if you're already in the Discord!

    OOC

    • All basic RP etiquette applies. If you are confused what etiquette is meant, please see here.

    • If someone is concealing their identity, please do not recognize them by appearance/voice without express OOC permission.

    • No slavery. No selling slaves, no bringing slaves, etc.

    • Gil traded can be in-game gil or fake gil. Confirm with your merchant.

    • Your character can attack others without warning ICly. Please obtain OOC permission first and know that the market will not ICly take kindly to repeated scuffles if it bothers business.

    IC

    • Leave hostilities at the dock.

    • Snitches get ditches, not stitches.

    • No slaves.

    • No returns.

    • No children.


    Should my character wear a mask?
         Not required but highly recommended.


    I play law enforcement and want to raid the market. What do I do?
         Don't. While we might be open to the possibility, such a thing would have to be arranged, as to not disrupt our vendors and individuals attending the market.


    Can I fight at the market?
         Sure. There'll be a few prime spots for it. Only request is you keep it from being market disrupting.


    Can I sell ERP at the market?
         Sure. Keep it to private channels and drag it to more private areas; remember that suggestive posing is reportable.


    Do I have to belong to a group to sell?
         No. You can sell as an individual.


    What can I sell?
         Drugs, booze, sex, exotic animals, secrets, information, favors, poisons/alchemical affairs, cursed items, items that aren't cursed but aren't taxed either, assassination services, body cleaning services, safe house services, framing services, memory-wiping services, intimidation services, tomes forbidden by the Sharlayan government, scandalous printed material forbidden by the Syndicate, strange Allagan tech/AIs, Daegan's favorite pair of (stolen) trousers, items from another realm, bioweapons, MacGuffins, the naming rights to the "Bloodsands" (outside the gate of Thal, not the Coliseum), and so much more.
         The only thing you can't sell is boring.