I figured that the best place to start would be a solid inn and interesting NPCs to sort of give a taste to any players what they town of Blackport is like. Being a coastal city on a major thoroughfare this is the sort of municipality where you would meet people from all sorts of localities, be it merchants or travelling knights. If this ever got turned into a product, a zine, or saw any play, that is the point at which I would start adding numbers to these NPCs and give them rumors to hand out to the PCs. If preparing this for play or publication, I think I would also key out the basement and add a good old rat-catching quest to this location (nothing says classic like killing giant rats in basement).

Location 1: The Bastard’s Chair Inn

The Bastard’s Chair Inn is nestled write inside the the Old Bailey district of the city, directly across the avenue from the south gate. The hearth is always blazing, especially in the winter and the air is filled with the smell of baking honey bread and smoked meat. The inn serves a solid selection of locally produced sausages, porridge, and honey bread alongside most forms of beer that one could imagine – especially milchbier, a local delicacy made from goat’s milk fermented in a lamb’s bladder. The Bastard’s Chair is a social hub in the Old Bailey, adventurers and merchants alike are always happy to see the face of the burly ginger innkeep, Erik Eriksson (N Human Commoner 9).

Currently the inn is playing host to three remarkable NPCs: the Manrathi merchant Hesheqem (LE Human Commoner 4), Amadeo, priest of Bacchus (CN Human Cleric 8), and the Tarrassian knight Syr Placide Lucrere Marie-Therese d’Argennin (LN Human Fighter 5) and her retinue.

NPC Stats

Name: Erik Eriksson
Appearance: A jolly giant of a man, Erik has matching thick ginger hair and beard. He prefers a simple commoner’s attire of a simple blue knee-length tunic and red gartered hose.
Roleplaying:
            1.) Tend to gesticulate a lot while talking
            2.) Very optimistic, almost naively so
            3.) Cheerful and compassionate, well liked by others

Name: Hesheqem
Appearance: Standing tall and thin at 6 foot five and 159 lbs, Hesheqem wears their hair in the standard black curls of the Manrathi. They adorn themself with smokey black eyeshadow, ruby lipstick, and black nail polish as is the fashion in Manrath.
Roleplaying:
            1.) Tends to flick their wrist dismissively
            2.) Very curious, will push lines of questioning
            3.) Generally deceitful and greedy

Name: Amadeo, priest of Bacchus
Appearance: A rather plain and unsuspecting looking man, Amadeo wears his brown hair down to his shoulders and wears simple brown linen friar’s robes.
Roleplaying:
            1.) Leans forward on his elbows while listening
            2.) Hedonistic, much prefers pleasure to labor
            3.) A solid flirt, ya know in service of Bacchus

Name: Syr Placide Lucrere Marie-Therese d’Argennin
Appearance: Tall and of solid stature, Syr Placide is a classical knight in shining armor, minus the shining. She is rather plain of face but handsome nonetheless.
Roleplaying:
            1.) Impeccable posture, almost statue-like
            2.) Fanatically honorable, almost to a fault
            3.) Secretly very bashful around beautiful maidens

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