#56 Skintailor's Workshop

Age: 130 Years

Hidden or Lost?: Hidden

History: Deep within the treacherous uncharted swamps of Zil, there is a creaking, moaning, ramshackle factory known as the Skintailor's Workshop.

Built up over the course of a century from the random detritus and discarded materials plucked from the swamp filth, the workshop is a haunting collection of rooms and chambers tacked on at precarious angles. This is the home and studio of the Skintailor, a bizarre refugee from The Fey who hides their many arms beneath an elaborate cloak made from the leather scraps of 1,000 different creatures.

Charged with crimes against the natural order of its home dimension, the Skintailor went on the run, finally setting up shop in the impassable swamp’s deepest bog. From its monstrous factory the Skintailor works at its ultimate goal, to create a garment that will make the gods weep. To further its fanatic fashion quest, the Skintailor is constantly searching for the perfect skin from which to create a Pure Leather, experimenting with the pelts of any being it can.

The tailor is said to be able to create cloaks, armor, and other garments that are more beautiful and more powerful than any other garb in the world. Of course these incredible creations barely concern the Skintailor, other than as lures to draw in more and rarer specimens in its search for the chosen skin. To help with its work, the Skintailor has animated and preserved the skinless bodies of former victims to serve as its staff. ‘The Muscles,’ as they are known, come from a variety of species including angels, horsekin, gnomes, and more. This motley army of gruesome servitors are set to doing the Skintailor's tasks, whether that’s working in the sweatshop until their tendons snap or venturing out into the world to trade and spread the legend of the Skintailor.

But for all of its murderous drive for fashionable perfection, for those with the stomach for it, the Skintailor can be persuaded to create one-of-a-kind garments, or convinced to identify any piece of fabric from anywhere in the far dimensions. However the devilish craftsthing may ask for some unique skin in return. Usually from the person making the request.

1. The Garment Floor

2. The Thimble

3. Flaying Floor

4. Needle Forge

5. The Skintailer’s Parlors

6. Glorious Sweatshop

7. Forms, Shapes, and Patterns

8. Enchanter’s Altar

9. Tanning Conservatory

10. The Muscle Lodge

11. Forest of 1,000 Skins

12. The Dye Boilers

13. Leatherworks

14. Skintailor’s Private Collection

15. Scrap Heap

16. Bed of the Ivory Needle