The Gilded Mare

"Merciwyne's premier Inn and Taphouse, our meals are top notch quality, our alcohol is award winning, and our servers are sure to leave you wanting more. Stop by for a goblet of our world-famous merciwyne! You've never had it as authentically prepared as we make it."

The Gilded Mare Interior

Current Menu For The Month of Duré

Dinner Specials (starting daily at 4pm)

• Chicken quarters with smashed potatoes, locally steamed vegetable (9sp)
• Crimsonspiced Sea Bass with buttered rice, small salad (9sp)
• Moonwood smoked bear belly with wine-fried sliced potatoes (1.4gp)
• Wild game (killed fresh daily), baked and stuffed, locally steamed vegetable (1gp)
• Merci-glazed pork chop, smashed potatoes, butter fried vegetables (1gp)

Drink Specials

• Merciwyne Spritzer (4sp)
• Hair of the Bugbear - Triple aged sugared mead served in a conqueror's chalice (7sp)
• Void Soda - A mystery cocktail sure to ... alter ... your mood (2gp)
• Clastonberry Wine - A regional favorite imported from Eifrandel (8sp)
• Tenpenny Wheat Ale - The reigning Flagonswold champion beverage! Get it while it lasts! (6sp)

NOTABLE STAFF WORKING AT THE GILDED MARE

• Orlì Durrin - Owner & Operator
• Lenyrra Melvarnin - Head Barmaid
• Denyrra Melvarnin - Head Barmaid

Alterations

Originally, The Gilded Mare was built as a great hall for the citizens of Merciwyne to drink and eat. Over time, the building received renovations and upgrades, to become a full service, 37 room inn. Additionally, a stage was added to the main barroom to allow traveling minstrels, bards, and musicians to perform.

Architecture

True to the nature and the style of the dwarves, the entirety of the tavern is lavishly engineered and decorated. The exterior showcases the age-old dwarven motto of "spare no expense", with their liberal use of polished bronze intertwined with the wooden framing. A beautifully crafted statue of a horse sits on a wooden and bronze pedestal beside the front stairs leading to the patio, in the outdoor seating area. Tables, benches and firepits welcome patrons to enjoy a drink beside a gently crackling fire. 
The interior of the main barroom is as elegant as the outside. The focal point is a similarly-designed horse statue in mid-trot pose with a rider on its back. The floors are made of beautifully polished darkwood, with wooden tables and barstools smattered throughout the room. A long, L-shaped bar sits at one end of the room, with an elevated stage adjacent to that for performances. A second floor overlooks the main barroom, the walls and archways are the same wood-bronze interwoven mosaic as the outside of the building. Large, circular, chain-hung braziers extend down from the ceiling. 

Tourism

The Inn receives a moderate flow of guests throughout the course of the year, typically travelers, business folk and adventurers passing through. Certain holidays throughout the year create more business for the Inn, and vacancies are harder to come by. 
Historically Busiest Times Each Year:

• All Moon's Eve and New Sun
• Ale Day
• The Hasdall Games
• The Festival of Drums
• High Harvestide Festival
• Fyre Festival
• The Stillness

Founding Date

1891 AD

Type

Pub / Tavern / Restaurant

Parent Location

The City of Merciwyne

Owner

Orlì Durrin

Owning Organization

The Merciwyne City Council