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Just two blocks from the old palace, off Tallowbend Road, sits one of the finest drinking establishments in the Flanaess, The One-Eyed Mug. Favoured watering hole of dwarven town guards and adventurers alike, the fine brews offered here are famous across the lands.
Business
Hours:
‘just before’ Noon to 3:00am every day.
Business
Type:
Tavern, though a few rooms for those who need to ‘sleep off’ too much drink
are available. Also, Banthor runs his own Brewery in the building across the
back-alley. Proprietor:
Banthor Grim-Axe (male dwarf), known as One-Eye the Grim.
Wears fine black-leather eye-patch.
Polishes the bar meticulously. Dark
red hair with streaks of gray and
stone-cold gray eyes. Employees: 6 serving girls, 2 bartenders, 2 bouncers, and a cook.
Minimum staff at any time is 3 serving girls, a barkeep and a bouncer.
Temporary staff is also hired during the busy season.
Cook is on duty from morning until about 2:00pm and then again from
4:00pm through 8:30pm. Food is kept
on and hot during the ‘off hours’ however. Banthor is very protective of ‘his
girls,’ as he looks upon them as the children he never had. (even though they
are full-grown). He also employs
three Brewer’s apprentices and a journeyman. Serving
Girls:
Violetta, Rose, Cheri, Min, Glori, (humans) & Suanne (s’wan)
(½-elf). Bartenders:
Day –
Morand Blightfist(male dwarf);
Night – Dorak Brewbitter (male dwarf) Bouncers:
Day - Nuraain Arzak (male dwarf); Night – Kograk Axecrack (male ½-orc) Cook:
Throi Syrkist (throw-ee sire-kisst) (female
stout-halfling) Location:
Two
blocks from the old palace, just off Tallowbend Road.
Famous
Brews: Shadowale
is a dark, bitter stout; One-Eye’s Wheat is a aromatic and only
slightly sweet Weiss; Wyvern Mead is a rich Honey Mead with a
touch of almond; Earth Wine is a heady mead, heavily flavored with
special mushrooms and is a dwarven favorite; Banthor’s Best is
the ale that started it all. These
5 are available year round, with other varieties also available on a seasonal
basis. Sampling
of Seasonal Ales: ·
Spring Forward - Full
of the optimism of spring, this amber beer starts with a hint of sweetness then
gives way to a warming finish. Available
in from Growfest through Flocktime. ·
Temple Ruin - A dark
fruity beer brewed to an ancient recipe. Available
from Richfest to Brewfest. ·
Festivial Pale – A pale ale brewed just for Brewfest every year. ·
Olde Remembrance - Amber
coloured strong ale. The initial hint of sweetness leads into a long hoppy
finish. Very popular during the cold winter months. Available Ready’reat through Fireseek. ·
7 Bells - Loaded
with special ingredients, this dark winter warmer has been described as ‘Mummer’s
Pudding in a Glass'. This ale isi available for the weeks surrounding
Needfest each year. Rumours and items of note: ·
Each
year, on the night of the winter solstice, a mysterious, hooded stranger arrives
and orders two mugs of hot-mulled cider. One he sets on the hearth of the fire, and the other he
slowly drinks while staring into the flames.
He speaks to no one other than to order the cider, and departs as
strangely as he arrived once he’s finished.
Rumors speculate that he is one of the god’s made flesh, one of the
Circle of Eight in disguise, or even Old Iuz himself! (see Oerth Journal 6) ·
Due to
its popularity with dwarves, much of the dwarven town guard frequents only this
place, causing the thieves guild some annoyance with the tavern, which sits in a
nice wealthy neighborhood. They
would love nothing more than to discredit Banthor and even ruin his business
entirely. ·
In
winter, patrons who offer to fetch wood from the shed in back are given a free
drink. ·
In
winter, the comfortable padded chairs near the fire are quite popular indeed. · Banthor is a renowned story-teller, and it has become a Dyverse pastime to visit the One-Eyed Mug to listen to the ramblings of the old dwarf while nibbling tavern faire and sampling the finest ale in the City of Sails.
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