Golden Dragon Inn
Overpriced and overfull of itself, this inn is a perfect venue for the well-heeled to show off their wealth. It sees much business, given its location close to the Garden Gate.
A place of splendor, snobbery, and exorbitant prices, the Gold Dragon Inn is the most pretentious social setting in the Free City. Its location, close to the Royal Opera House, and the Grand Theatre, ensures great crowds for all the city’s major events. On those occasions, people who do not personally know the maître’d are not admitted. Even people of higher status might have to accept a two-hour wait for a table.
The food, while not too bad, is certainly not the best in the city, though the prices average than of those found in the second-highest social stratum of clubs and inns (which includes the Golden Phoenix, Wheel of Gold, Patricians’ Club, Star of Celene, and Wizard’s Hat lnn).
The 60-year-old headwaiter presides over the entire dining room and bar area. His name is Alphonse Ordealle and has held his exalted station for 25 years. He is is known to allegedly use spells to discreetly quell disturbances.
The rooms of the Gold Dragon have high-ceilings, with elaborately carved ceiling beams and trim boards. A few museum pieces from the Cairn Hills are displayed in glass cases throughout the place. These include the huge, carved sarcophagus that once held a mummy; several plates of solid gold, intricately carved in patterns of exquisite geometric perfection; the feathered battle helm of some savage war-chief: and the prize of the collection: a handful of artifacts from the all-metal crypt called Silver Metal Cairn reputedly lost somewhere in the hills.
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