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PROBE

A portrait of Balthus the First weighs thirty pounds. It has a basic merchant value of 0 pieces of gold. A portrait of Balthus the First has not been set with any gold coin value. It cannot be owned.

EXAMINE

The painting is of a fair size and consists of a half portrait from head to waist, housed in a mahogany frame of good quality. The portrait is one of the first members of the Brotherhood, Balthus the First, a figure who has been all but forgotten now. Balthus is caught in a familiar pose, head bowed, eyes cast to one side in apparent deference. Balthus though much of his face is hidden is obviously not a handsome man, somewhat corpulent and of phlegmatic complexion he is ensconced in a thick dark cowl which hides much of his unappealing form. Balthus clasps a long-knife in one hand.

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