J.J's inquiries didn't reveal anything before he had to rush out after Baern and Toil, but when he returned to the city he was contacted by some friends in the leatherworkers' guild. Apparently a tall elven man, hair dyed green with vibrant streaks of black and wearing a circlet fashioned of some sort of claws wired together, visited after J.J. had left. He initially was asking if anyone had done work in exotic leathers, specifically purple hide that would have been especially supple but come only in small quantities. However, when he saw one of J.J.'s pieces that he worked on while in town, the elf became oddly fascinated with it, inquiring about who had made it and where he could be found. One member swears that he saw the odd man sniffing the piece. The Guild claims that they did not reveal anything about J.J.'s whereabouts, but promised they would inform J.J. that someone wanted to commission him when next the saw it. The Collector is enigmatic, though he does appreciate the updates and the fact that J.J. is taking a more dynamic role in life. He recommends finding a weapon of "The Bane", the fey lords' euphemism for the magic-resistant metal known as cold iron, sooner rather than later.
