Alexander Vandangant had come to the Heroica Hall to see the draw of the First Anniversary Lottery and wenn Miss Valentine extract the slip of paper with his name he was very happy. He received an Amethyst, a cristal that at the beginning for Alexander was useless, but before selling it he tried to find out more about it.
A man answered to his questions saying: "The Amethyst is one of the most sought gem, usefull against humanoids and holy monster, you can imbou it in your bow to improve it bau it cost 50 gold. If you don't wait in the Marketplace you could sell it for a good price."
Alexander was thinking that would be useful in his bow when a man, named En Sabah Nur, offers 200 gold for the Amethyst. He ask to the man what "nice things" he can buy in the Marketplace.