Wizard's Hat Inn
This excellent hostelry Is one of the best-kept secrets in the city. The secret is tacitly kept by most of the regular customers, and thus the inn is never too crowded. Rooms are rented for reasonable prices. The crowd is generally friendly. and weapons must be checked at the door, though armour may be worn.
The proprietress is a half-elf matron named Maven Eyrindor. She has outlasted her human husband, and even her children have grown old and died. Her age is unknown and she doesn’t discuss her past, though she has said a few things that seem to place her age at well over 100. Now she commits herself to the inn, body and soul, and this commitment is reflected in the superb food, drink, and hospitality she offers her guests. Dwaven is a superb cook and manages the inn for many regular customers. The inn has 16 rooms at reasonable rates.
And if the inn is not crowded, neither is it ever empty. The food is excellent and includes the potato and rice dishes so common in the Free City, given the chef’s signature with a tingling blend of spices.
The inn also serves its specialty, roast venison brought in by huntsmen in the Gnarley Forest who have been hired by her. The cleaned carcasses are carried swiftly to the inn, where they are simmered and marinated for days. The result Is a tender and moist haunch of meat with a delightfully distinctive flavor.
Maven hires no bouncers to enforce order in the place. On those rare occasions when unruly customers get out of hand, the half-elf’s loyal friends – to the tune of a dozen fighters, a few wizards, and a couple of thieves – immediately leap to her defence.
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