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Gabel Glasses was first established in 10008 XA in the west bank of New Alexandria by owner Jhonnie Gabel, a human, and apprentice Raoul de Lint, an anyelos. In a span of one year, Gabel's works of glass art became the talk among well-to-do households and his orders built up steadily and became increasingly too big for the small store with a back room big enough for three forgers and their tools of the trade and their stocks with little room for movement. It was at this point in the store's history that Gabel decided to move down to the Crystal Caverns where he might attract more clientele and attain a bigger forge for his glasses hidden at a dead end of the caverns.

Currently, Gabel Glasses operates with Gabel, Raoul de Lint and three other forgers, one glass color maker and an extra help who does not dabble with glassblowing and works more in the surface level; Gabel lingers among any of these responsibilities. The outside of Gabel Glasses is made of muddy-colored bricks with three windows exposing the inside of the store aside from the windowed wooden door to its rightmost. The inside of the shop is colored by a mix of gold and black and has little to no furnishing aside from the wide counter spanning from the rightmost wall and ending just beside a door that is almost always guarded as this leads into the forge. There is another door facing the counter from the leftmost wall leading into the powder room. The floor is carpeted by a long strip of Nubian rug and the space is big enough only for five adult, human customers with room for movement. The counter is made of bonela wood and beyond it is a wall-shelf of all the products that Gabel Glasses sell. Their main line is wine and dinner glasses although they also offer vases, ash trays, small bowls and aquariums. Special orders are taken directly to Gabel who more often than not declines a request unless it's ridiculous enough to intrigue and challenge him.

Gabel Glasses is open everyday and closes at late afternoon although Gabel stays around until evening so if a special customer comes up anytime between then, he receives them, still.