There are some 18-20 Festhall girls at the Hall, overseen by Will 'the Weasel', and a similar number of armed guards commanded by Alokoth, Gurzun's lieutenant, like Gurzun a former mercenary. Most domestic duties such as cooking and cleaning are carried out by the girls. There are also three stablehands and a blacksmith, who dwell outside the manor hall itself. Most 'entertaining' is carried out on the ground floor using the former servant's quarters, the great hall, and other converted rooms, while Gurzun keeps the upper floor for himself and his men. The cellars are used for storage, and can be accessed via a back stairway that runs from the cellars, behind the kitchen, up to the upper levels. The kitchen is not normally guarded.
NPCs
1. Gurzun, former Mercenary Captain. Half-Orc Ftr 5/Thf 6 AC 7 (leathers, DE 15) or AC 3 (brigandine) ST 18/83 (+2/+4) hp 30 (8+4x3=12+5x2=10) base THAC0 17 wpn: 2-h sword (x2 spec +3/+3) #ATT 3/2 THAC0 12 dam 1d10+7/3d6+7 (2-h sword) or d2+4/d2+4 (fists)
2. Alokoth, former Mercenary Lieutenant. Human Ftr 4 AC 4 (brigandine) hp 28 (10+6x3) #ATT 3/2 THAC0 14 dam 1d8+4/d12+4 (longsword, ST 16, x2 spec +3/+3)
3. Will the Weasel Thief-2 (soldier) AC 10 hp 10 THAC0 21 dam 1d6/1d4 (club), backstab THAC0 17 for 2d6/2d4
4. 1 Blacksmith 3 Stablehands Lvl 0 (labouring) AC 10 hp 1d6+1 THAC0 21; inc Tom the Stablehand hp 2
5. 17/20 Festhall Guards: 18 HD 1+1 HP 6 THAC0 20. 2 Corporals HD 2+2 HP 11 THAC0 19.
All AC 4 (brigandine) or 5 (chain), have 10 shields in armoury; dam 1d6 (club), 1d8/1d12 (longsword); armoury has 5 heavy crossbows d4+1/d6+1 FR 2.
All AC 4 (brigandine) or 5 (chain), have 10 shields in armoury; dam 1d6 (club), 1d8/1d12 (longsword); armoury has 5 heavy crossbows d4+1/d6+1 FR 2.
6. 18 Festhall Wenches Lvl 0 (active) AC 10 hp 1d4, non-com
Gurzun's Festhall Wenches
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2. 'Sister' Jana Thadeus of Valls
3. Cindli - lover of Tom the Stablehand, often distracted
4. Teri
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| Jana Thadeus, ex Sister of St Sollars at Valls |
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| Gurzun Half-Orc |
Accommodating Prices
Bedroll, common hall: 1sp
Girl, 1 hour, private room: 1gp
Private room, 1 night: 2gp
Girl + room, 1 night: 5gp
In Damara, south-west Duchy of Carmathan, a day's ride south of Valls (Arcata) and west of Ravensburg (Carmathan). Formerly the failing D'Ashe Manor, now a thriving rural Festhall.
Festhall in Dragonsfoot thread from here.
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| Lyssa Brown |
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| Lyssa Brown, half-elf |
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| Lyssa Brown, half-elf |
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M3 1359 DR
The day draws on as you ride; light woodland gives way to more open, rolling terrain with patches of forest among heathland and moor, track skirting the occasional bog. At times the path is obscure, snow still lies here and there, but with two Rangers and a Druid in the group there is little chance of losing their way or blundering into a bog.
A cold wind is blowing down from the snowy mountains looming to the west as you ride through the lands of southern Carmathan. Signs of habitation begin to appear here and there - fortified farmsteads or hunters' lodges; the occasional small mine. A few clusters of buildings that might just be called a hamlet or thorpe. At one point Araunil stops to ask directions from a dwarven trapper returning home with a brace of rabbits. Mid afternoon you crest a rise and to the west can see up the Raven Gorge, a glacial rift in the Earthspur Mountains, to the distant white gleam of the White Worm Glacier.
Dusk has fallen when you leave woodland for open moor and see ahead the warm lights of a large fortified manor house, a quarter mile off. An outer stone wall surrounds manor house, stable, barn and smithy.
Araunil Halfelven:
"That must be what Kramskoi called Gurzun's Festhall - what was the D'Ashe Manor. Lord D'Ashe died with King Virdin at the Ford of Goliad two years ago... I suppose his wife must have sold the estate. The name Gurzun does seem somewhat familiar - a mercenary captain of the Duke of Arcata, I think. He would have been with Arcatan army Baron Dragonsbane defeated at Bloodstone Pass. I expect he lost employment after that debacle..."
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You approach and speak with the stablehands. The two roan stallions they are tending look very fine; the saddles and tack they are cleaning, even moreso, though well worn. They take your own horses for feeding & tending (Araunil hands over 2 gp for the 10 horses) and happily agree to let Araunil and Dara bed down for the night in the loft of the stable for an extra 1 silver each; Araunil pays and she & Dara can leave their horses in the stables and ascend the ladder to the loft. No fires allowed in the stable block, but there are well over a score of horses in there now and plenty of straw; it's warm enough and the loft is fairly clean.
Kade Norrin & Rexx approach the heavy oak front doors of the manor up three stone steps, and Rexx pulls the bell chain; a bell tolls. After a short delay the double doors open and you see a pair of very buxom wenches in black & white corsets, their breasts bare. Rexx Vartal's eyes widen appreciatively at the sight. The wenches smile in greeting.
The blonde wench speaks:
"Welcome weary travellers, to Gurzun's Hall. We have drink, food, bed and bath - and all other pleasures such as you might seek!"
Behind them & to the right in the 10' deep entryway a second set of oak doors are closed, keeping out the cold night wind. Light shines from beneath these doors, and you hear the sound of music - very well played indeed - and revelry.
"Please come in out of night's chill!"
She gestures, inviting the men inside.
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Rexx nods distractedly at Norrin's words, clearly fixated on what the cold mountain wind is doing to the festhall ladies' exposed anatomy. He's smiling - well, leering - at the brunette, who smiles back. The blonde meanwhile looks a little startled as Norrin tucks the coin into the top of her corset, between her exposed breasts, but smiles back at his request.
"Certainly, sir! Right this way."
The brunette girl closes the outer doors behind you, and the blonde opens the inner doors, revealing a good sized manor hall thronged with revellers - hunters, miners, trappers, farmers, a couple who look like merchants, a few warrior types, all attended by numerous shapely and attractive Festhall girls, in corsets or just loincloth, some with cheap jewelry, all bare breasted. One auburn-haired wench, a little older than the others, is dancing naked on the central table to a lively mandolin tune, a half dozen fur-clad men around her cheering and raising mugs of foaming ale as she whirls and cavorts.
A broad flight of stairs to the left leads up to a balcony, where two muscular guards in chainmail and iron helm are watching over the proceedings. There is a bar to the rear that looks recently installed, from where a somewhat ferrety-faced barman is serving drinks. He seems to be in charge of the floor, giving orders to the Festhall girls serving drinks and food on broad wooden platters. An open doorway to right of the bar leads into a rear kitchen, and there are more doors off to the sides, except the right-hand wall, which has high windows, shuttered, flanking a broad fireplace where roaring log fire burns.
The blonde girl leads you to an empty table, not too far from the fire, and turns, brushing back her long hair.
"I'm Malla, and this is Lucy (indicating the brunette) - we'll be your servers for the evening, if it please you?"
Rexx nods eagerly, sitting. The girls smile and head to the bar to fetch your ale and stew.
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The blonde wench Malla returns with a platter on which sit three wooden plates of steaming stew with brass spoons, three great tankards of foaming dark ale. She leans over to lay it on the table, her breasts pendulous, smiling at the three men, and directs herself to Norrin.
"That will be three silvers, sir. Would you like to start a tab?"
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You approach and speak with the stablehands. The two roan stallions they are tending look very fine; the saddles and tack they are cleaning, even moreso, though well worn. They take your own horses for feeding & tending (Araunil hands over 2 gp for the 10 horses) and happily agree to let Araunil and Dara bed down for the night in the loft of the stable for an extra 1 silver each; Araunil pays and she & Dara can leave their horses in the stables and ascend the ladder to the loft. No fires allowed in the stable block, but there are well over a score of horses in there now and plenty of straw; it's warm enough and the loft is fairly clean.
Kade Norrin & Rexx approach the heavy oak front doors of the manor up three stone steps, and Rexx pulls the bell chain; a bell tolls. After a short delay the double doors open and you see a pair of very buxom wenches in black & white corsets, their breasts bare. Rexx Vartal's eyes widen appreciatively at the sight. The wenches smile in greeting.
The blonde wench speaks:
"Welcome weary travellers, to Gurzun's Hall. We have drink, food, bed and bath - and all other pleasures such as you might seek!"
Behind them & to the right in the 10' deep entryway a second set of oak doors are closed, keeping out the cold night wind. Light shines from beneath these doors, and you hear the sound of music - very well played indeed - and revelry.
"Please come in out of night's chill!"
She gestures, inviting the men inside.
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Beverly the Dancer
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"Certainly, sir! Right this way."
The brunette girl closes the outer doors behind you, and the blonde opens the inner doors, revealing a good sized manor hall thronged with revellers - hunters, miners, trappers, farmers, a couple who look like merchants, a few warrior types, all attended by numerous shapely and attractive Festhall girls, in corsets or just loincloth, some with cheap jewelry, all bare breasted. One auburn-haired wench, a little older than the others, is dancing naked on the central table to a lively mandolin tune, a half dozen fur-clad men around her cheering and raising mugs of foaming ale as she whirls and cavorts.
A broad flight of stairs to the left leads up to a balcony, where two muscular guards in chainmail and iron helm are watching over the proceedings. There is a bar to the rear that looks recently installed, from where a somewhat ferrety-faced barman is serving drinks. He seems to be in charge of the floor, giving orders to the Festhall girls serving drinks and food on broad wooden platters. An open doorway to right of the bar leads into a rear kitchen, and there are more doors off to the sides, except the right-hand wall, which has high windows, shuttered, flanking a broad fireplace where roaring log fire burns.
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| Will the Weasel, Gurzun's Festhall-keeper |
The blonde girl leads you to an empty table, not too far from the fire, and turns, brushing back her long hair.
"I'm Malla, and this is Lucy (indicating the brunette) - we'll be your servers for the evening, if it please you?"
Rexx nods eagerly, sitting. The girls smile and head to the bar to fetch your ale and stew.
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The blonde wench Malla returns with a platter on which sit three wooden plates of steaming stew with brass spoons, three great tankards of foaming dark ale. She leans over to lay it on the table, her breasts pendulous, smiling at the three men, and directs herself to Norrin.
"That will be three silvers, sir. Would you like to start a tab?"
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| Malla Jorgensen of Ravensburg |
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| Malla 'Jorgensen' |
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| Lucy Pendarr |
Other NPCs not Pictured
Tom the Stable hand - 16 years old, curly brown hair.
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| Alokoth. Gurzun's lieutenant |
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| Cindli |
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| Cindli |
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