Mr Pipes

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"A serving boy returns, bowing apologetically. Mr Pipes is relaxing and has no interest in either chitter or chatter. If you have business, you may present it to one of the staff. Otherwise, his master encourages you to avail yourself of the facilities."

"'Perhaps it is true that we live too long.' Mr Barleycorn daubs the seal in ink and presses it to paper. 'I suppose there are less pleasurable paths to follow, though the emptiness awaiting at the end of that one's will be dark indeed. I favour music, myself. A symphony is as potent to me as good wine is to you. Your kind have been bounteous in that regard.'"

Mr Pipes, known as the Hedonist, is a Curator of the House of Rods and Chains.

These days, however, Mr Pipes is better known as the proprietor of the House of Silks, a hookah establishment in Achlys. The locals see it very rarely; it is too busy relaxing.

Its rare appearances in public are usually made to welcome smugglers who deliver red honey to its property. It is heavily implied that – unbeknownst to its customers – the honey is used as a secret ingredient in its hookah.