Sarach Taras is an Ishian tavern. It is small compared to the other well-known taverns and inns of the district. It is known by many as a place to discover rare and hard-to-find items. The owner, Itasi, is a dark-skinned Ishian man and collector of strange relics and antiques. He owns an extensive library, allowing him to identify many otherwise unidentifiable items.
Saria Truthkeeper
One of the Ferryport Seven, of Heroes of Ferryport who helped dispose Lord Glycyn.
The Storehouse is the best place in Kowal to unload goods found in the ruins and wilds of Atheles. Its proprietor, Sascha, is well known to any adventurer in Kowal.
Sascha is an ex-adventurer, who settled Kowal from the far lands of northern Uthgard after meeting his wife. He doesn’t miss his adventuring days, “too much walking” he always says. But by running his “storehouse” he still gets to play with all the trinkets and toys the adventurers bring in to trade and sell.
He is very knowledgeable, but can be a little irritable, cursing at his patrons in the Uthgard language if they get out of hand or ask too much for a “bauble”.
He is a collector of games, loving to experience new ways to test his strategic mind. The quickest way to this mans heart is a new game with good rules, and a glass of vanilla flavored liquor. Though watch out if the dice or games of chance are not going his way, prices may double on anything needed by those who best him in a game of chance.
Secton was once just Tower Six, one of the many guard towers along the borders of Kowal. Due to its location on the main road between Kowal and Fort Utliest, a small town sprang up next to it. After the great War and the Uthgard kingdom fell, the tower was no longer manned by soldiers, but the small town continued on.
In current day it is a town in change again. The Uthgard kingdom in its alliance with Kowal, has marked Secton as a place of interest. Uthgard and the Unelesia Church have begun construction on a school for those touched by God and blessed with powers. The Red Dragoons have also started to build a Keep here to fortify the road to the north.
Some of the old residents are unhappy about this, as they do not wigs to see their town change so much, while others see this expansion as a welcome growth.
Mayor Margery Ellebeth – the elected mayor of the town, Margery has made the Kowal government happy with ridgid tax collections, but has also gained the love of her citizens as she has been very fair and honest with them. She is strict to the rule of law, but has a kind heart and may look the other way if her people need it.
Lady Lanafar – Headmistress of the Divine Academy
Knight Hurst – the head of the Red Dragoons in Secton. He was appointed by the king to make the town and the school a stronghold for Uthgard.
Merchants:
The innkeeper is a male dwarf named Kjorni. He was once an adventurer, but retired to marry and raise a family. He is married to Margery.
A large wood and stone building, it was once the barracks for the tower. Old shields of Uthgard and Kowal adorn its walls.
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Setting Sun is a newer company that controls most trade from Ferryport to the South Keep. It is run by a group of old mercenaries.
Silas Monta does not descend from nobility or riches, so when he became one of the more successful farmers in Ferryport, he built his estate outside of the Noble District. It is a plain two story house, but unlike other houses in this district, it sits on a larger piece of property and is surrounded by gardens that Silas himself planted and maintains.
The library of Kowal is many things to many people. It is a public repository of knowledge, free for citizens to peruse and read. It is the main printing press of the Eastlands, making books more readily available to all. And to a secret few, it is also a group that collects, catalogs, and experiments with magic.
The first floor of the Library hosts the public books, the printing press, and offices. The second floor holds the shelves of rare books and historical artifacts. Below that are the vaults and dormitories, their contents only known to the Society.
Twice a year, in a hidden level beneath the library of Kowal, a secret society meets to exchange knowledge, artifacts, and magic spells under the pretense of collecting histories. Their aim is to bring magic back to its former power, before its disappearance so many centuries ago, trusting this amount of power only to themselves.
Highly skilled treasure hunters in their employ scour the lands searching for traces of artifacts and ancient tomes, bringing back all they can find to be studied. If a book is deemed to have magical value, it is kept hidden below. If the book is of mundane value, it goes into the public library above.
But little do many of its members know, there is a level even deeper, where the books are not only studied, but experiments are conducted by a faction of Librarians committed not only to restoring magic, but advancing it. Their motto is to commit no harm, but their ambitions often rule, and little has been spared in the research into magic.
The Library of Kowal was formed by a group of monks who were once part of the Unelesia Church. As the church grew more rigid in their practices, the Library grew separated. As time went on, the Library became less and less involved in religious institutions.
Tybalt Garner
The Head Librarian
Cristiean
A council member of the Librarians
Godart
A council member of the Librarians
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The Librarians have started to move their artifacts and books South. The allegiance to the Uthgard kingdom and the encroachment of the Ministry of the Arts has made them hold their secrets more closely. They have set up a small establishment in the outskirts of Radzyn, a small town in the South. [/private]
An outlaw mercenary group.
A well known tavern in the southern part of the city, along the path to the South Gate of Ferryport. Owned by retired adventurer Ron Estrelli, the bar is decorated with various treasures and items from his travels. While it has always been a well-established inn and tavern, it has recently become even more well-known. The Ferryport Seven—the adventurers who toppled Lord Gylcyn’s rule by exposing his treachery—frequented this Inn, and since the Liberation, its business has tripled. The inn has since added a large back porch and extra rooms in an adjacent building to accommodate all the new visitors.
Owner – Ron Estrelli
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Waitresses
Menu:
Smoked Fresh Trout Fillets: 3sp
Spinach Mashed Potatoes: 3sp
Beef & Vegetable Casserole: 6sp
Prime Roast Sirloin: 6sp
Roasted Peppers Filled with a Mix of Cheeses: 3sp
Breaded Breast of Chicken: 6sp
Mutton, Lettuce and Tomato: 4sp
Boiled Callan Bacon & Cabbage Parsley Sauce: 4sp
Apple Stuffed Mushrooms: 7cp
Braised Oxtails with Mushrooms: 5sp
Pork Knuckle Roasted in Beer: 3sp
Smoked Salmon Salad: 4sp
Drinks
Vodka: 8cp
Dwarven Spirits: 7cp
Rum: 8cp
Lager: 2cp
White Wine: 3cp
Elven Wine: 2sp
Whiskey: 8cp
Role in Story: Loremaster
Occupation: Innkeeper, Smuggler, Adventurer
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Physical Description:
Tall, Silver hair, rogueish, has a scar above her left eye and her eye is milky white (blinded by “she makes up something different everytime”) Blue eyes
Personality: rogueish, snarky
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Background:
Self Description:
Well, this is odd; officially writing about myself. But I guess I am one of the lost souls in this lost city. I am Sundaiya, born in the maze of the Squats, and I will probably be buried here. If anyone bothers to toss some dirt on my corpse. I grew up in a small family that ran a small drinking hole where a small number of customers showed up at. And now I run that small hole in the wall since my folks passed. Some people think I know a few things so I may broker in a little bit of information here and there, but my main goal is to keep people happy.
Well, that and lead a revolution to make this damned city better and more equitable. But that’s just my side hustle. I sit on the small council for the Squats, helping push our leaders to make decisions for all instead of just their money pouch. And I try to connect those who may fight for the same cause. Why would I risk my life and limb to confront whatever powers may be? It could be that I once ended up on the wrong side of a Red Guard’s cudgel. I was hit so hard, I lost sight in my left eye. It gave me some street cred, and some rumors about me being part witch, but to me, it just left a burning desire to never bow down to those who abuse power. Power to the people, right?
But really, I do just spend most of my time handing out some well-brewed ale and locally grown varga leaf at the Alley Cat.
Sundaiya is also the narrator in the Tales of the Dark Return Podcast.