Gold pieces
Gold pieces were a form of currency used in the First Age of Flight in Undertown[1], Sanctaphrax[2], and the Great Shryke Slave Market[3]. In the Second Age of Flight, gold pieces were still used in Undertown[4], and they were also used in the Eastern Roost[citation needed]. In the Third Age of Flight, they were used in Great Glade[5].
Exchange Rate
Prices in Gold Pieces
First Age of Flight
- In the Great Shryke Slave Market, a white cockade cost two gold pieces[3].
- Having a sword miniature amended at the School of Colour and Light Studies cost three gold pieces[6].
- A place aboard a sky ship bound for the Great Shryke Slave Market cost five gold pieces[7].
- Several months into the Second Endless Winter, a bundle of lufwood logs cost eight gold pieces in Sanctaphrax[6].
- A trio of flat-head goblins cost 45 gold pieces at auction in the Great Shryke Slave Market[3].
- A waterwaif cost 50 gold pieces at auction in the Great Shryke Slave Market[3].
Second Age of Flight
- The shrykes charged three gold pieces to drive a cart safely through the Twilight Woods[8].
- It cost three gold pieces for the length of rope needed to travel the Great Mire Road in the Twilight Woods[8].
- In Undertown, a strong lugtroll was sold for 15 gold pieces[9].
- Rook cost 70 gold pieces[9].
Third Age of Flight
- A holdmarshal accepted a bribe of five gold pieces to allow livestock to be kept in a cabin on the Xanth Filatine instead of in the hold[5].
Gambling
- Someone bet (and lost) two gold pieces on Bruto the Brave at 4-1 odds.[2]
- Someone bet (and lost) three gold pieces on Magno the Claw at 3-1 odds.[2]
- Seftus Leprix bet (and won) twenty gold pieces on Wilbus the Sly at 12-1 odds, meaning he won 240 gold pieces. The original odds were 18-1, so he would've won 360 pieces.[2]
- A tall raintaster apprentice bet 10 gold pieces that the Palace of Shadows would be struck by lightning.[10]
- Someone bet 15 gold pieces that the Most High Academe would be gone by the next full moon. Linius Pallitax almost died in a fire two days later, and became too weak to perform his duties, so this character won their bet.[10]
References
- 1 2 Stormchaser, Chapter 3: Cries and Whispers, Part vi: In the Bloodoak Tavern
- 1 2 3 4 The Curse of the Gloamglozer, Chapter 10: The Viaduct Steps, part ii: East Side, 18th Staircase
- 1 2 3 4 Midnight Over Sanctaphrax, Chapter 14: Into the Great Shryke Slave Market
- ↑ The Last of the Sky Pirates, Chapter 4: The Great Mire Road
- 1 2 The Nameless One, Chapter 2
- 1 2 The Winter Knights, Chapter 14: The Forger
- ↑ Midnight Over Sanctaphrax, Chapter 11: The Western Quays
- 1 2 The Last of the Sky Pirates, Chapter 7: The Twilight Woods
- 1 2 Vox, Chapter 5: Number Eleven
- 1 2 The Curse of the Gloamglozer, Chapter 15: Plotting and Planning
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