a Gor Taku blacksmith  

this gor taku blacksmith is not able to be attacked or killed. also you can use sneak to buy and sell items if you are not on good terms.

The cave can spawn with a shak dratha Blacksmith if you kill the gor taku blacksmith. The shak dratha version is not a merchant and will drop the usual shak dratha items. The gor taku blacksmith will poof when killed.

just make a rogue and get sneak. it's alot easier than faction work. now if he sells no drop stuff thats diffrent but at least you can see.

I think Vah Shir start as dubious to the Gor Taku and threatening to the Shak Dratha. Anyways, the Warlord room never seems to have Shak Dratha in it, so it's fairly safe for any level of kitty to come in here (just watch out at the tunnel entrance directly west of Shar Vahl - Shak Dratha like to hide in the rocks and sometimes the guards outside are Shak Dratha (black), other times Gor Taku (gray)).

All Vah Shir get sneak, so I went down to the Blacksmith and snuck behind him - doing this he will sell to you. He sells 5 items, can't recall exactly what, had weird names - one looked like a shield, another like a pair of leather pants. Also, you can use this method to get the bartender to sell to you (he's behind the rocks south of the blacksmith). All of the items sold here have peculiar names - maybe a caster could cast Identify on these items and see what turns up. The items range from a few silver to a couple plat, nothing fancy (or worthwhile that I can determine). THere is also a forge here, nothing special about it, I can combine the same recipes in the city forge as I can in this one.

Hope this info helps.