The Wayarers' Inn is one of the chief locations for adventurers in the city.
Located on the relatively quiet Street of Crafts,
it is known for the extraordinary
cleanliness of its rooms and bar, a fact that would
usually attract a large number of travellers. Unfortunately,
Birkaby Long-Arm, the proprietor, has a
particularly evil nature and is given to ranting
outbursts as well as a malicious glee at the misfortunes
of others. His is rumoured to be a former pirate captain
who retired and bought the inn with his ill-gotten treasure.
All patrons renting a room (6 gp/
week)
must have their clothes laundered by slaves
(1
gp). The room price includes a breakfast of
worm
bread and goat cheese, lunch of otter chops,
and
supper of ox sausages. Rum (6 sp) and ale (3
sp)
are extra and tend to be heavily imbibed by the
bandits,
pirates, mercenaries and adventurers that haunt the Wayfarer.
Birkaby’ s notoriety and contacts within the
Brotherhood of Pirates attracts many mercenaries
seeking work, as well as thieves and adventurers hoping to learn
more about pirate caches, easy prey along the
coast, or eager to make cooperative agreements
with the Brotherhood. In essence, he has become
an information broker with a wide variety of adventure-seeking
patrons leading to a very active
trade
in information, especially the trade and sale
of treasure maps (many of which are rumoured to be complete
frauds).
Birkaby serves a wide range of customers,
including any non-human willing to pay his rates
and bide by his rules, creating further sources for
information. Also present are those seeking to hire
or finance mercenaries and adventurers.
The first floor of the inn houses a massive bar area,
large storeroom, laundry room, kitchen area, servants’
quarters, and Birkaby’s private bedroom and office. The
second floor consists of 17 rooms varying from small
rooms to very large suites. All of the guest quarters are
have varnished wood floors without any carpet, sturdy
oak beds with clean sheets and blankets, and a number of
wood chests (no locks) equal to the number of beds in
the room. Larger rooms possess chairs, tables, and sometimes
small sitting areas.