The Black Ivory Inn

“Listen, I know a guy, my cousin Mike used to run a smugglers tunnel underneath an old inn on the outskirts of town, leads ya right into the city. Now,hear some people saying the old Black Ivory place is up and running again? Maybe worth seeing if that smugglers tunnel is still operational for an easy way in and out of the city!” - Blackjack Mel

The Black Ivory Inn stands utterly pristine; apparently spared from the ravages of the metcor. Warm light, sweet-smelling wine, mirchful laughter, and stunningly beautiful piano melodies emanate from within and waft through the ruined streets nearby. However, the legendary music hall and hotel is the sitc of a bizarre arcane anomaly that has warped the fabric of time and space. Unil the malignant abomination anchoring this twisted magic is destroyed, visiors to the Black Ivory Inn arc trapped within a time loop: doomed to forever play out the last four hours and thirty-three minutes before the metcor struck.

Player Impact

The party ventured into the Black Ivory Inn under the guise of one of Vinny's "visions". The party interacted with the entire staff of the first floor, although none consumed food within the tavern or drink so they were entirely aware of what was happening to them. The party would sense something was amiss after interacting with several of the patrons who were entirely oblivious to the conditions and oddities of the Tavern. While the bulk of the party spoke with the patrons, Maeve would sneak upstairs thanks to the guidance of the rats that told her of a human mumbling about being trapped and dying in this place. She would discover Balthazar Adamos, a human priest of the Falling Fire. He had maintained his memory through several time-loops. His fear kept him from moving forward, but gave light to the truth of the establishment. Back downstairs, the party would start a battle after trying to leave the tavern and being unable to leave the pocket dimmension. Hoping death would release them, they brawled against the tavern until the Meteor would drop at it's fated time and reset their entire experience. The party proceeded to mingle about, learning about the trapped visitors as well as Miss Charlotte. Vinny gravitated towards Fate Hope, a human scoundrel who lost her memories. Y'srega would speak with Aaron Grint, a Hooded Lantern urban-ranger who spoke of the inn being just as he remembered it before the meteor. Vinny would later speak to Anika Patel and sense the short rigid and unbending ideology of the Silver Order. Finally Roth would speak with the Dwarven Academy Mage Osiris Chronolly who admired Miss Charlotte deeply. A short piano solo from the woman would open the floor to conversation as they questioned her and even played against her to challenge her skills as the "greatest pianist of all time".
Eventually the party saught out answers elsewhere and moved into the basement where the Rats indicated more food was being kept. Vinny moved quickly through the basement, assassinating the door guard of the locked room who looked no more than a common thug. Barging in, the party discovered that at the time of the meteor impact, a ring of smugglers were stealing a painting from Castle Drakken that looked incredibly familiar to Maeve. After a bloody and heated battle with the smugglers, nearly costing the party their lives they recooped as one of them would hear....something....down the hall. A quick and stealthy forward scout from Maeve would reveal the Protean Abomination with bits of Piano and Charlottes face mangled within.  Defeating the woman, her last moments became clear as she repeated her desire to the be the Best Pianist of all time. 
Released from the time-loop, the party returns to the surface after exploring forward to find a sewer passage into the city crawling with Aquatic Dreg. On the surface, the Inn was nothing more than another ruin in the city. However, those who still drew breath and were trapped within the time-loop most recently were freed. The party would take a moment to speak with them all, gaining favor with all factions active in the city due to their actions, although personally none of them could see eye to eye with The Knights of the Silver Order.

Discoveries & Achivements

• Discovered the Hidden Passage Beneath the Black Ivory Inn that leads into the Inner City Sewers.
• Saved a member of each faction, gaining favor with all.
• Maeve gleamed hints of her past within her visions.

Type

Pub / Tavern / Restaurant

Parent Location

City of Drakkenheim