Shatta

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A Dwarven shop in an unlikely location (the Maul), owned and run by an extremely unlikely pair, Madame Sharn and Pepe, and the unwitting birthplace of Jewels. Shatta has hosted a fashion show, and its wares are almost certainly very expensive. In Dwarfish Shatta apparently translates to "A Wonderful Surprise" but it sends two signals to speakers of Morporkian: one resonating with "Shatter" and one less salubrious and a bit more scatological...