The Giant's Wheel
The Otari Flume transports lumber from the woods to the place in front of us. And the place in front of us? It's my least favorite place in all of town—the Otari Mill, locally known as the Giant's Wheel. I understand its necessity, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Personally, I like trees.
They say that this is where the heart of Otari beats. Of course, the town doesn't really have an actual heart, but non-gnomes have a tendency to use such metaphors, so I suppose you know what they mean. I mean, the Otari Mill cuts the lumber that keeps our town alive, so I guess it being the heart makes sense… sort of.
The giant water wheel generates power for that machinery over there, which loads logs into the flume and transports them down to the loading chute you can see way down there. The loading chute itself descends down to the harbor, where the timber can be easily loaded onto ships. Along with the sawing and water and workers, this whole place makes quite a lot of noise, as you can hear.
Two of the local lumber companies pay to have their lumber processed at the Giant's Wheel. The day-to-day administration is run by Klorte Hengus, a rugged Half-Orc with a bark as sharp as his bite. I hear he used to be a gladiator in Absalom, and that his gladiator name was "The Lumberjacker." They say it's because he fought with a pair of hatchets. Quite amusing that he should end up working with actual lumber! Well, he doesn't find it amusing, but it is.
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Oseph is also the owner of Otari Lumber, one of the three local lumber companies and one of the two companies that get their lumber processed at the Giant's Wheel. He’s good at keeping his business and his role as mayor separate, though.
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Who are the Inkleholtzs, you ask? Well, the Inkleholtzs are another of the three prominent lumber families in Otari, one of which gets its lumber processed at the Giant's Wheel
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Unlike the Inkleholtz and Menhemes Lumber businesses, Chertel Timber does not get its lumber processed at the Giant's Wheel .
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