Die Krönungsfichte (The Crowning Spruce)

Mainz

Details

Location: In the warehouse district close to South Bridge. It is known for its merchant house thugs. It stands adjacent to the southern Wall.

Description: The inn is a three story building of brick and half-timbering, with a wooden tile roof and well-made wooden tables and chairs. A collection of tankards from many lands sits upon a shelf. Accomodations consist of several small rooms with wooden cots and a mezzanine with several wooden cots.

People

Innkeeper: Bradán - A thin little man in his middle fifties, most of the time he is quiet and unobtrusive, but if summoned to provide services or answer questions he is obsequious to a fault.

Bouncers: Gautbert / Rochus - The sons of Bradán the Innkeeper, they are both burly and act as the bouncers for the Crowning Spruce.

Staff:

• Amelina - A busty and curvaceous, she is the inn's primary serving wench, she is looking for a husband and a good catch at that.
• Dagmar - Another of the inn's serving wenches, she is attractive and smart, but young and inexperienced.
• Hilda - The third of the inn's serving wenches, she is stout and strong, neither particularly attractive nor charismatic, she is hard working but blunt.

Performers:

• Ermendrud - A beautiful and talented singer who worships unknown gods.
• Lambert - An extremely attractive and well muscled musician.

Patrons: There are sixteen patrons arranged in pairs around the room.

• Ampelios - A traveling Greek wine merchant who is a little too fond of his wares.
• Cynefrith - A traveling peddler far from home, born with demonic blood in his veins, he is a hardy traveler who has seen a lot. {*}

• Aurelius - A weak, but altruistic monk looking for love.
• Ava - A red headed prostitute with a optimistic outlook.

• Osbert - A down on his luck knight with a powerful build, but a shifty disposition.
• Ekkehard - A tough mercenary haunted by bad memories.

• Cunigund - A bored, but misguided and tolerant duchess searching for purpose; she is in disguise. [Duchess Ishild of Franconia]
• Fedelmid - A tough nun who has rare occult knowledge.

• Ælfsige - A night watchman, of surprising grace and wisdom. {Suspicious Fae}
• Reinhard - A tough former official who fell in with the wrong crowd and now finds himself demoted to night-watchman.

• Ragnarr - An experienced, but biased thief who secretly worships forbidden gods. {*}
• Wulf - A young tough from the streets, he a thief and brigand driven by his own demons. Recently, Wulf was nearly killed by an animate puppet and saved by Aleksandra Federov, a beautiful woman from a faraway land. {*}

• Engelbert - A private boatman, with a flamboyant nature and sure hand.
• Tofi - A fisherman estranged from his family, he knows the river well, well enough to be be afraid.

• Asdis - The city's athletic and elegant rat-catcher, there is more to her than meets the eye.
• Ari - The rat-catcher's boy, he is a young orphan who took a chance to learn a valuable, if unappealing trade.

• Aleksandra Federov -- A beautiful noble woman from Kiev.
• Bolverk -- A Norse adventurer accompanying the Armies of Christ.

Menu

~ Roasted Sausage and Watercress, Tankard of Mead (9 cp)

~ Salted Trout and Curd Cheese, Tankard of Ale (10 cp)

~ Roasted Mutton and Blue Cheese, Tankard of Perry (8 cp)

~ Boiled Sausage and Buckwheat Biscuits, Tankard of Mead (8 cp)

~ Dried Pork and Dried Onions, Tankard of Perry (12 cp)

~ Boiled Eggs and Barley Biscuits, Tankard of Stout (10 cp)

~ Boiled Eggs and Buckwheat Bread, Tankard of Ale (12 cp)

~ Boiled Eggs and Dried Mushrooms, Tankard of Ale (8 cp)

Prophesies

"The sacrifice has been divided up,"
"The curse unleashed,"
"The amulet will devour the dead,"
"The river will be choked withe the drowned,"
"And Mogun shall rise."

-- Cynefrith, Welsh Peddler while holding a sacrificial knife of Mogun

The Building

Key

• Thin Rectangle on a wall: door
• “S” on a wall: secret door
• Large Rectangle: table
• Large Thin Rectangle: bar
• Rectangle with a “T” or “S” or both: table or shelve or table & shelves.
• Circle: bar stool or chair
• 4/5 Circle: chair next to/under table
• Small filled Rectangle in a larger rectangle: fireplace/hearth
• Dashed Line: railing
• Many thin lines getting smaller: stairs
• Filled Circle: toilet/privy
• Filled Triangle: wash basin

Main Floor

Second Floor

Cellar

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