User blog comment:Atypicalgamergirl/What does Doud smell like? And Other Personal Observations: Character Sketch for Old Man Daud/@comment-26536672-20170117023104/@comment-30984397-20170117050040

'' Something  I personally  think would be a cool,  but by no means necessary, addition to the narrative is his keeping of a bunch of old Whaler paraphernalia in that secret room of his. ''

He does indeed - it is an integral part of the story. Here is the paragraph that describes it a little - he keeps the sealed trunk of gear locked in his walk-in safe in the basement of his shop rather than the secret room - the secret room isn't much bigger than a large closet:

About once or twice a month, he pours himself an Orbon rum – usually a double, lights a cigarette, unseals his trunk and pulls out his assassin gear – cleaning and oiling, scrubbing and polishing, shaking and brushing out the old clothes in preparation for… what? He would look into the partly-clouded and cracked lenses of one of the old Whaler masks he took with him – Billie’s in fact, and see only the dark fractured image of an old man reflected back at him. Sometimes he would bring his old red coat to his face and inhale deeply, remembering... His gear carries – and will always carry, the slight scent of copper, rot and mildew – the smell of his time in the Flooded District – long-faded, but still discernable. What compelled him to hang on to the long-gone Assassin? What compelled the Assassin to hang on to him?