I'm having a hard time understanding something... who was Gur anyway?
"A smithy was placed near Gur's door, but the owner of the house was not there..."
The blacksmith was active. The block failed, meaning he was either a Marshal or a Hunter, but judging by the newspaper title and the fact that Gur left the house before meeting the blacksmith, I'm inclined to think that Gur was a Hunter.
Although, who knows about this Nebk, maybe he just wanted to say that the block failed.