Dyrisa
Size: 8 Quality: *** Price: Average
The Green Flagon Inn is popular with the majority of freemen in Dyrisa. The ground floor is of stone construction. The upper, wooden, floor was added some 20 years ago. There are eight members of staff, all but two of whom are the family of the innkeeper, Orm of Edriza. From Spring to Autumn during market days (every third day from the third of the month) the inn is extremely busy and it can be difficult to find accommodation. The Ostler to the inn is bonded to Orm in more than one way, she is his wife, Janna. Orm and Janna have three children living, all daughters. Their only son died at birth seven years ago.
Staff
Orm of Edriza - Innkeeper
Round faced and clean-shaven, Orm is of average height and weight. Although only in his mid-thirties, his close cropped dark brown hair is streaked with gray at the temples. Orm is a notorious gossip and new guests are questioned closely about their business, their journey, their friends and their life in general. The lugubrious landlord will then, if given the opportunity, tell his new guests the same information about everyone else currently staying at his inn.
Orm has an opinion about everything, and it is always exactly the same as the opinion of the customer he is talking to. Whether he is a very trusting soul or whether he simply likes a good story the innkeeper appears to assume that no-one lies to him. Consequently, while he is an excellent source of information, much of it is exaggerated, fanciful or untrue.
Janna of Edriza - Ostler
Janna is an inch or so shorter than her husband and is the same age. Flat chested and wide-hipped, her long mid-brown hair is usually gathered up in a bun. Janna is as quiet as her husband is voluble. The Ostler does not involve herself in the running of the inn. Her day revolves around the care of the animals entrusted to her. Janna is extremely fond of horses and is likely to scold the owner of an overworked or abused horse. Janna's father, who died a little over a year ago, was Ostler to Orm's father. Janna and Orm grew up together and have been friends since birth. Neither has ever been further than a half-days ride from the inn.
Myrtol of Edriza - Cook
Orm's mother was widowed some ten years ago, when her husband was stabbed to death by a customer. The man was subsequently hanged; but Myrtol, always a dour woman, became even more withdrawn. Myrtol rarely leaves her kitchen, where she prepares her stews, soups and roasts for the inns guests. Myrtol is a short, stocky, woman, standing a little over 5 feet tall. Her iron gray hair is always gathered up under a cap.
Wylma of Edriza - Barmaid
Orm and Jana's eldest daughter is almost 15 years old, she works hard in the family business. She has persuaded her father to allow her to be apprenticed as an innkeeper. It is uncommon for a woman to enter the guild, and while Orm has asked other local innkeepers, none are prepared to take a female apprentice. Currently, it seems unlikely that Wilma will achieve her ambition. Still growing, Wilma is a skinny, snub-nosed girl standing about 5 1/4 feet tall. Her long, dark brown hair is usually plaited.
Wilma has been working in the Inn for almost four years now. She is an experienced barmaid and is well capable of dealing with troublesome customers. If anyone gets too boisterous, she will appeal to the inn's many regulars for help. Wilma dislikes her father's Journeyman, Stefford of Klawins, who she regards as her main rival for the inn franchise. She makes no secret of her dislike of the journeyman, belittling him at every opportunity.
Trissa of Edriza - Stablehand
Orm and Jana's second daughter is eleven years old, she is something of an expert in horse-care, inheriting her mothers love of the animals. She spends most of her day helping her mother in the stables. A stocky girl, about 5 feet tall, with short, untidy, light brown hair, Trissa already outweighs her elder sister. Trissa works hard in the stables and has a total disregard for personal cleanliness. She is a scruffy urchin with straw in her hair and she usually smells strongly of horse dung.
Efyl of Edriza - Potgirl
Orm and Jana's youngest daughter is only just nine years old. Efyl is a fraction over 4 feet tall and is lightly built. Like her eldest sister she is snub-nosed and her long light brown hair is pulled back into a single plait. Efyl collects empty tankards, goblets, cups and bowls and, at busy times takes drinks to tables. She is not trusted to handle coins and will only serve the wellknown regular customers. The rest of the inn staff try to keep a close eye on her, but this is not always easy to do, especially when the market closes and the inn fills with thirsty farm-hands.
Yann of Brendsa - Barmaid
Yann is an attractive, raven-haired young woman recently out of her teens. She is 5 1/2 feet tall, and slim. Yann is betrothed to Kerran of Plews, a journeyman woodcrafter who works as a cooper for Frenshe of Kalerth. Kerran and his master are regular visitors to the inn. Yann and Kerran hope to marry within the year. Kerran is a burly young man who takes a dim view of anyone being overly friendly with his girl. Orm tries to intervene quickly if a customer tries to get over familiar with Yann as he has no wish for a fight to start. Of all the inn's staff, Yann alone does not sleep at the inn. She lives with her parents in a small tenement to the south.
Stefford of Kalwins - Journeyman Innkeeper
Stefford is the youngest son of Thyl of Kalwins, innkeeper of the nearby Dragons Quay Inn. A square jawed, fair-haired, stocky 19 year-old with watery blue eyes, Stefford is about 5 1/2 feet tall. He acts as barman and porter; and helps Orm with the brewing. The journeyman knows that he has little chance of inheriting his fathers inn; his two older brothers are already fighting over that inheritance. Stefford has worked hard to ingratiate himself with Orm. He hopes that he will one day be able to take over the franchise, or at least be recommended for a vacant franchise by Orm. The innkeeper has recently allowed Stefford to brew a barrel of ale unaided. The ale will be ready any day and the barrel has been moved into the bar to be tapped and spiled. If the ale is a success, it will be another feather in Stefford's cap.
Food & Drink
Food
Roast meats and fish are served on loaf trenchers, stews are served in wooden bowls. While pottage, bread and cheese are always available, only one or two of the other menu items will actually be available each day.
Lamb/Mutton Stew | 3f |
Fish Stew | 1d |
Pork Stew | 1d |
Roast Pork | 6f |
Baked Fish | 6f |
Pottage | 3f |
Rye Bread (half loaf) | 1f |
Cheese (1/2 lb) | 3f |
Drink
Ales and beers are served in pottery tankards, holding a pint, or in large two-quart jugs, together with the required number of half-pint cups. A few locals own their own pewter tankards, which are kept behind the bar. Wine, when available, is usually served in earthenware cups, though Orm owns a few pewter goblets which he reserves for 'important' visitors. Orm usually keeps a pony keg of Thardic Red Wine in stock. He gets more expensive wines only rarely, though he has recently acquired a cask of Melderyni Red wine from the well-regarded Nogik vineyard.
Drink Jug (2 quarts) | Tankard(Pint) | Cup | |
Green Flagon Ale | 1d | 1f | |
Steffords Ale | 1d | 1f | |
Mild Beer | 1d | 1f | |
Wheat Beer | 2d | 2f | |
Barley Wine | 6f | 2f | |
Thardic Red Wine | 2d | 2f | |
Imported Wine | 4d+ | 1d+ |
Ground Floor
1. This is the common room of the inn. It is at its busiest and most crowded in the early afternoon on market days. The busiest nights for accommodation are the nights before market day. The majority of Orm's customers are freemen and villeins from the surrounding villages. Some guildsmen also use the inn, though the richer guildsmen prefer the more sedate Dragons Quay Inn. Orm often accepts payment in kind. The inns meat is bartered and butchered (and therefore at its most fresh) on market days. Fish are provided by a few river fishermen but mainly by barge-men plying the route between Dyrisa & Aleath. The knowledge that Orm will provide ale for fresh fish means that most talbars travelling up to Dyrisa from Aleath have fishing lines hanging from the back.
2. This private chamber can be rented from Orm for meetings, or a quiet meal. Orm will ask for 6d for its use, more if he thinks the potential renter can afford it. He will accept 2d.
3. The kitchen. Orm's mother Myrtol rules this room. Her daughter-in-law, Janna, is no cook. The kitchen is remarkably clean and tidy, knives, skillets, cleavers and pots are all neatly hung on the walls, each in their allotted place. Nothing annoys Myrtol more than the removal or misuse of an item. Trissa was recently flogged by her grandmother after she removed a ladle. It is, perhaps, as well that neither Myrtol, nor the inn's customers are aware of the use the stable-girl made of the ladle. The flogging has strained relations between Myrtol and Janna.
4. All resident staff, with the exception of Stefford of Kalwins, sleep in this room. In the winter, when the inn is less busy Orm & Janna often move into one of the rooms with a fireplace. There is a trapdoor in this room which leads down to a large cellar
Cellar (not mapped)
This is Orm's brewery. Until recently, Orm has not allowed anyone but Stefford access to the cellar. After an argument with Wylma, Orm has reluctantly allowed her to enter, but he insists that she is accompanied by either himself or Stafford.
First Floor
There are six rooms on the upper floor of the inn, all of which are available for guests. The two rooms with fireplaces are the most expensive and the two common rooms with their twelve bunk beds are the cheapest. The doors to the two best rooms are fitted with a wooden bar, but the remaining rooms have neither bars nor locks. The stairs up to the first floor are visible from the serving area and Orm and his staff endeavour to ensure that no-one who has not paid for a room goes upstairs.
Room prices vary with demand, and on Orm's assessment of the size of his customer's purse. At very busy times Orm puts pallets in the private chamber and sells floorspace in the common room.
Size: 2 Quality: ***** Price: High
This two storey stone built townhouse should look out of place. It doesn't. This is because the man known to locals as Tindoll the tutor, an accomplished Lyahvi Shek-pvar specialising in complex illusions. Residents of Dyrisa see an old, slightly shabby stone dwelling with poorly repaired shutters. In fact the building is in good repair, and every window is glazed.
Tindoll of Brodd
Tindoll is a tall and distinguished looking man in his early sixties. Tindoll has thick, bushy white hair and a handlebar moustache. He has lived in this house for almost thirty years; since leaving the Lyahvi Chantry in Nurisel.
A softly spoken, urbane, and unfailingly polite man, Tindoll acts as a tutor to the children of local guildsmen and lesser nobles, teaching reading, writing and mathematics. He charges as much as his clients are prepared to pay and runs his classes through the autumn and winter months. Students are given eight days tuition followed by two days rest for these six months. Tindoll will not provide lodging. Over the winter his students have included Wylma of Edriza and the Lady Gwenhyfar Barayn, sixteen year old daughter of the Lord of Incella. Tindoll accepted payment in kind from Wylma's father and he has taken his meals at the inn for the past six months. The Lord of Incella, Sir Blysid paid in silver for his daughter's education.
In addition to his students, Tindoll has an apprentice, Lorcas of Folam. Lorcas is a talented sixteen year old who is being taught more than just reading, writing and mathematics. Late last autumn Lorcas boasted to both Wylma and Gwenhyfar that Tindoll was teaching him the mysteries of the esoteric arts. Tindoll punished his pupil by casting a variation of the spell Ablarin's Field, which silenced the youth for a month. The young man seems to have learnt his lesson, but he remains impatient to learn the mysteries of magic. Unfortunately for him, Tindoll's first lessons are designed to teach the boy patience.
Ground Floor
The ground floor consists of two rooms, Tindoll's classroom; and the kitchen.
The classroom is warm, though sparsely furnished. There is a large desk in front of the south west facing window, giving good light for writing. Tindoll's chair is heavy oak, with a feather-stuffed cushion on the seat. There is no other furniture in the room. Much of the time, pupils are expected to stand although Tindoll does, occasionally, allow a bench to be brought through from the kitchen. There are several shelves on which lie a number of scrolls and several bound books. The books are mostly histories, though two are mathematical texts. There is nothing in this room to indicate that the user has any occult or arcane interests.
The kitchen is also the sleeping quarters of Lorcas of Folam. Lorcas prepares meals for himself and his master and keeps the downstairs rooms clean. Failure to attend to these chores leads to nothing more than a gentle reminder from his master. However, until the duties are carried out to Tindoll's satisfaction, Lorcas is taught nothing.
First Floor
Tindoll's bedroom contains a large four poster bed. Unmarried, Tindoll has a number of lady 'friends'. Most constant among these is Darne of Phells, a middle-aged laundrywoman who lives with her teenaged son in a tenement to the south. Lorcas is now used to Darne going upstairs with Tindoll to 'discuss his laundry requirements.' Tindoll also has a close friendship with Merelyn of Menrea, of the Jade Portal. He sometimes accepts payment in kind for his services to the courtesans.
Tindoll uses his arts to provide impressive (but insubstantial) decorations within the Courtesan's house. He also regularly smooths the wrinkles from Merelyn, who is older than her clients suspect. On a few occassions he has altered the appearance of one of the girls to meet a client's requirements. The members of the courtesans guild are the only residents of Dyrisa, other that his apprentices and his guild, who know Tindoll's true occupation. They occasionally, very discreetly, pass work to him.
Tindoll's sanctum is a room only he enters. The door, from his bedroom, is magically concealed. The room itself has mirrors on all four walls and is magically lit. The chair in the centre of the room is Tindolls 'contemplation chair,' he can spend hours sitting there. The chest contains reams of spell notes, Tindoll's diary and some magical items. Attempting to open it will trigger a Beam of Nolar, amplified and reflected by the sanctum.
Size: 1 Quality: **** Price: Average
Erbie of Vipas is a meticulous and careful copyist. Erbie is a short, bald, man in his mid-forties. He cares little about his appearance, his robes are threadbare, ink stained, and cut from the cheapest cloth. His main income is from the local Mangai who employ him to copy deeds and contracts. His passion, however is for maps, especially old maps. Erbie considers himself to be an expert on ancient maps and their authentication. He is known to pay good money for old maps. As a consequence Erbie is constantly poor, but has a huge collection of 'treasure maps.' He refuses to part with these maps, though on a few occasions he has been known to sell copies.