Among the wares of the Fantastic General Store are shoes. Yes, shoes seem too normal for a store that specializes in supplying sci-fi and fantasy inhabitants, but even knights and space adventurers need shoes. There are certain procedures we follow when selling shoes too. Do the shoes match? Do we have a left shoe and right shoe in each box? Are the shoes the same size and width? Are the security tags removed on the really expensive shoes? Basically, there are a lot of things we need to check before we hand your shoes back over to you for purchase.
The shoes we sell can be pretty fantastic in their own right. Humans make some of the shoes, but we also have elf and leprechaun craftsmen too. There is a surprising amount of competition between elf and leprechaun shoemakers, with elves trying to get in on the fairy shoe market, and leprechauns trying to get in on the human shoe market. Of the two, I’d say the leprechauns have the advantage. Ever wonder who made Dorothy’s ruby slippers? Leprechauns, who used the political situation in Oz to pull off a sneaky marketing ploy. Cinderella’s glass slippers? Leprechauns using one of their fairy clients to advertise their shoes to humans. I’d imagine that last advertising scheme worked well too, considering Cinderella became a princess afterward. Who better to influence the taste of a kingdom?