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Saguenay Hall is a holding of the Obsidian Heart Adventuring Company in the northern kingdom of Alzorc, outside of the capital city of Alzorc Keep.
In every kingdom across the lands, there are places where those seeking adventure, wealth and glory go to pledge their service. These places preach of their prowess, of their drink, of their meals, of how nowhere else in all the known lands that you will find a place so loved and so righteous. How the founders are nothing shy of the Gods in the flesh! How they take pride in what menial goods they peddle upon their counters and tables. They boast of deeds past done yet their mantle's only trophies are that of dust and absence. How every sentient creature has a right to be counted as guest and friend simply by drawing breath. How they will proudly forget any wrong done to them in an effort to always remain pristine and polished. That is how it is done in the lands of the Sveks.
In the places where men still know the edge of a sword and the brutality of life, it is done far differently. One Hall remains filled with men and women who have earned their right to be counted. Baptized in blood, christened in combat, reborn upon the battlefield, each of them as hard as a smithy's anvil and with miles of dark work behind them. Never in their company would you find the wide eyed youths with their father's handed down swords and rattling armor. Pathetic doe-eyed cowards who have the temper to draw steel, but not the stones to run their enemies through. The door is barred from the giggling, bouncing and weak who would do the people around them a better service on their backs or bent over then trying to hold a line with them. You are greeted with hostile glares and a silent promise for violence, be you an outsider or simply unknown. You are not immediately trusted. You are not a fast found and quickly forged friend. You are not always welcome. You must earn the respect of those counted and your place in this Hall.
This is the Saguenay Hall.
Indestructible: No matter what the home goes through, even if it is burnt to a cinder or blown apart, it will reappear intact and repaired within a 24-hour period.
Spellbane: A spellbane home is enchanted against magic, and will not permit the use of any type of magic within its walls, unless you are given verbal permission.
Sustenance: Your home is always welcoming to you and your guests, and so is the main table of the abode. This enchantment gives a never-ending feast with endless portions. The time of day converts the meal as needed, set to model a menu deemed fit by the home’s owner. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, desserts—maybe even a fourth meal! It’s your choice.
Teleportation Proof: This enchantment does not allow any form of teleportation or phasing into the house. Visitors must enter the old fashioned way, through doors or windows! This includes any type of magical transport including teleportation, psychoportation, ethereal or shadow walking, etc. Anyone that attempts to teleport into the building, appears on the doorstep.
Linked: This allows through use of a two way portal, teleportation between the Hall and the Obsidian Heart Inne.
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1. Preserved and mounted head of a Satyr [worth 300gp]
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Trident: 1d5
Long Spear (x3): 2d5
Battle Axe: 1d8
Bladed Whip: 1d3
Kobold Shortspear: 1d4
Composite Longbow: 2d8
Longsword (x2): 1d6
Daggers (x6): 1d4
Heavy Mace: 1d6
Greataxe: 2d8
Lance: 2d8
Maul (treat as greatclub): 2d8
Serrated Bone Daggers (x2): 1d3
Serpent Blade (as longsword): 1d6
Heavy Crossbow: 2d4
Vaekur Banded Mail: +37
Vaekur Light Steel Shield: +2
Humanhide Armor Shirt: +10
Blue Ice Full Plate Armor: +34
Meats: Beef, Pig/Boar, Venison, Lamb, Bear, Wolf, Rabbit, Fish, Whale
Fruits: Sloes, Plums, Apples, Blackberries, Blueberries
Vegetables: Carrots, Potatoes, Parsnips, Turnips, Wild Celery, Spinach, Radishes, Fava Beans, Peas, Beets, Angelica, Mushrooms, Leeks, Onions, Seaweeds
Dairy: Milk, Goat's Milk, Butter, Buttermilk, Whey, Skyr, Curds, Cheeses
Breads and Cereals: Various cereals and breads made of Rye, Oats and Barley
Herbs and Spices: Poppyseed, Black Mustard, Fennel, Watercress, Cumin, Mustard, Horseradish, Pepper, Salt, Saffron, Ginger, Cardamom, Grains of Paradise, Cloves, Nutmeg, Mace, Cinnamon, Anise-Seed, Bay Leaves
Common Meals: Meals are any typical combination of the above mentioned foodstuffs. Things from rack of lamb, venison stew, steak and taters, and the like are all typical. If it is relatively simple and can be made with any or all f the stuff mentioned above, then it is considered common and easily made on order.
Pot-Meat of the Day
Whatever the hunt brings in, is made into a thick and hearty stew! It could be anything from blind-fish, lizard, bat to deer, lynx or mountain goat. It's served with ale, and dwarven bread.
Cave Eel Stew
A cheap meal, yet effective and filling stew made up of sauteed cave eel, chopped cabbage, chopped roasted larvae and diced onions in a fish broth, with salt, pepper and garlic to taste. Served with a loaf of beer bread, and dwarven ale.
Dragon Loaf
This dwarf-invented meal is molded from pepper-spiced ground beef or pork into a dragon-shaped baking mold and baked in our brick oven until sizzling throughout. Then we unmold your beast onto a bed of buttered gold corn 'coins.'
Druid's Dish
An entirely vegetarian meal. Consists of cooked greens with potato slices, large steamed mushroom slices, several types of beans, and various, cooked, sliced tubers, all covered in a unique almond sauce.
Eight-Legged Enchantment
Two juicy large spiders are stuffed with sage corn dressing and grilled until crisp, then coated with a tangy tomato sauce. A large bowl of parsley dumpling soup rounds out the main course.
Catfish Steak
We coat thick slices of catfish with a peppery buttermilk batter and fry it to a crisp golden brown. Enjoy your steaks dipped in shrimp gravy and with a side of seaweed and cabbage salad. We recommend dark beer or ale to complement this meal.
Wise Choice
Crested owl eggs, discovered mere hours after being laid, are spiced with ten different peppers before being scrambled to a gold yellow. Hot pork sausage links, buttered twice-risen rolls, and cinnamon-spiced mulled wine complement the eggs. Also available for breakfast.
Deep Fried Delight
This is a heavy meal on the stomach, though Dwarves seem rather fond of it. We roll thick onion slices, fresh fish, potato wedges, and even pickles in an herb-laced corn meal mixture and fry it all in peanut or vegetable oil. Those who enjoy the meal say it's best enjoyed with an icy mug of ale.
Old-Fashioned Venison Steaks
Take four flour-coated venison steaks heated in oil and butter until brown and add bouillon before simmering in chopped onions, sauteed onions and dark tamarind sauces. Served with steamed and buttered peas, and dwarven beer bread.
Chuul Chowder
The meat from the chuul, those big, lobster-type creatures, are mixed into a creamy chowder with potatoes, cracked peppercorns, baby onions, and fresh cheddar cheese. Served with a basket of popovers.
Fried Chicken
A good, whole meal that is sure to fill the belly of any normal individual. A whole chicken is covered in flour and dough and then fried in a giant frying bucket full of hot cooking oil, and then seasoned with paprika, freshly chopped parsley, minced garlic cloves, black pepper, and powdered onion and garlic. It is served on a large serving tray, with shredded lettuce and tomatoes, and a bowl of mushroom soup, and buttered rolls.
Venison with Ummadon
Venison chunks served with ummadon, a kind of sweet-sour chutney (mushrooms, walnuts, pears, wine vinegar, and honey are some of the identifiable ingredients) with wilted greens, and honey pastries.
Thundersteak
A ribeye steak is marinated in a sauce made up of onions, tomatoes, and a variety of imported spiced peppers. Hot and spicy, served with grilled potato halves, mixed vegetables, and a few thin pancakes that you'll often find people filling with their dinner, rolling it up and eating it.
The Feast
This huge meal is guaranteed to fill any appetite. The meal is served in a good-sized wooden trough which contains at least: an entire beef or venison roast, three baked potatoes, a large helping of greens, two chicken legs, a half tureen of gravy, and a loaf of bread.
Trail Bread
The meal is a dry brown square relatively the size of a postcard, about an inch thick, and weighs next to nothing. It has the consistency of beef jerky while tasting like slightly-flavored cardboard. The meal will allow the diner to journey for two days without hunger and will stay fresh for several months.
In the places where men still know the edge of a sword and the brutality of life, it is done far differently. One Hall remains filled with men and women who have earned their right to be counted. Baptized in blood, christened in combat, reborn upon the battlefield, each of them as hard as a smithy's anvil and with miles of dark work behind them. Never in their company would you find the wide eyed youths with their father's handed down swords and rattling armor. Pathetic doe-eyed cowards who have the temper to draw steel, but not the stones to run their enemies through. The door is barred from the giggling, bouncing and weak who would do the people around them a better service on their backs or bent over then trying to hold a line with them. You are greeted with hostile glares and a silent promise for violence, be you an outsider or simply unknown. You are not immediately trusted. You are not a fast found and quickly forged friend. You are not always welcome. You must earn the respect of those counted and your place in this Hall.
This is the Saguenay Hall.
Saguenay Hall Enchants
Impervious: Impervious wards from damage and decay. It will not age due to general exposure to the elements and will always appear brand new and freshly done up.Indestructible: No matter what the home goes through, even if it is burnt to a cinder or blown apart, it will reappear intact and repaired within a 24-hour period.
Spellbane: A spellbane home is enchanted against magic, and will not permit the use of any type of magic within its walls, unless you are given verbal permission.
Sustenance: Your home is always welcoming to you and your guests, and so is the main table of the abode. This enchantment gives a never-ending feast with endless portions. The time of day converts the meal as needed, set to model a menu deemed fit by the home’s owner. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, desserts—maybe even a fourth meal! It’s your choice.
Teleportation Proof: This enchantment does not allow any form of teleportation or phasing into the house. Visitors must enter the old fashioned way, through doors or windows! This includes any type of magical transport including teleportation, psychoportation, ethereal or shadow walking, etc. Anyone that attempts to teleport into the building, appears on the doorstep.
Linked: This allows through use of a two way portal, teleportation between the Hall and the Obsidian Heart Inne.
Layout of the Saguenay Hall
Feasting Hall
This is the main part of the Saguenay Hall, where most, if not all of the business as well as feasting and celebration takes place. The length of this section measures two hundred and fifty feet in length and sixty feet across. Spaced out in the center are four large hearths used for not only heating the interior of this massive hall, but also used as cooking pits. In two rows running to either side of those hearths are massive oaken tables and benches for guests to be seated and eat, drink or speak business. Along the walls hang the trophies of the accomplishments of the Hall. A large keg of the rare Blue Ice has been carved for the Saguenay Hall, this keg keeps the spirits poured just above freezing so that none that drinks from the keg fear having warm drink. Along the wall near the is a portal outline made of the same Blue Ice, within the ice sits runes forged of Adamantine. This portal is linked to the Obsidian Heart Inne, when the proper sequence of runes are touched it allows the portal to be activated between the two linked areas.Sleeping Quarters
Often times many of those staying within the hall simply take to laying down on the fur padded benches or in the few private alcoves in the hall. Though upstairs there is an area housing straw filled mattresses (refilled and cleaned often). Around this common sleeping area there can be found roughly a dozen small private rooms. Each of these rooms has a moderate sized chest, bed, chair and cabinet for clothing. Storeroom
Beneath the hall, deep underground, are the storerooms of the hall. Various sections are carved into the rough ground creating areas where certain goods are stored. Some of the rooms have even had the walls lined with sheets of blue ice, which keeps the temperature at freezing which tends to help preserve the stores of meat they hunt and collect to survive through the brutal winters.Bath House
Behind the Saguenay Hall there is a separate and enclosed building. Even from the distance one can see the steam rolling out through the vents in the roof. As the door is opened the sound of moving water can be heard softly filling the enclosure. The floor is carved stone that radiates with soft heat. Along the walls are hooks and benches to place clothing and gear should they be brought. A set of stairs lead from the benches down into a large pool of heated water fed by the natural hot spring the founders of the Hall had welled. They carved and fashioned this bath house so that the hot water flows in one direction. Into the pool from one direction and back out the other. Both the underwater supply and the drain are grated and the current within the pool is very, very light, only giving the faintest of pulling sensations. The constant flow of water ensures that this bath is always clean and fresh.Barn & Stables
The full barn and stables lay to the right of the Hall as you approach it, built right up against, but not connected to the main hall. Two sets of large barn doors open to reveal the interior of the two floor barn. The bottom most floor used for stables for the animals while the other floor acts as the loft to store not only hay and grain, but the tools and supplies needed for the immediate care of the animals in the Hall. Also located on the second floor is a small bunk house for the hands and the stable boys. The Frozen Flame
The smithy is housed directly behind the hall but at a distance so that the noises within do not disturb the customers. This building houses a large forge and numerous work tables and anvils. This building is the blacksmithing area of the hall, where any with the skill can go to create weapons, armor, tools or items.In The Stables
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Mounted By: Ranulfr1. Preserved and mounted head of a Satyr [worth 300gp]
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In The Armory
Trident: 1d5
Long Spear (x3): 2d5
Battle Axe: 1d8
Bladed Whip: 1d3
Kobold Shortspear: 1d4
Composite Longbow: 2d8
Longsword (x2): 1d6
Daggers (x6): 1d4
Heavy Mace: 1d6
Greataxe: 2d8
Lance: 2d8
Maul (treat as greatclub): 2d8
Serrated Bone Daggers (x2): 1d3
Serpent Blade (as longsword): 1d6
Heavy Crossbow: 2d4
Vaekur Banded Mail: +37
Vaekur Light Steel Shield: +2
Humanhide Armor Shirt: +10
Blue Ice Full Plate Armor: +34
Food & Drink
Meats: Beef, Pig/Boar, Venison, Lamb, Bear, Wolf, Rabbit, Fish, Whale
Fruits: Sloes, Plums, Apples, Blackberries, Blueberries
Vegetables: Carrots, Potatoes, Parsnips, Turnips, Wild Celery, Spinach, Radishes, Fava Beans, Peas, Beets, Angelica, Mushrooms, Leeks, Onions, Seaweeds
Dairy: Milk, Goat's Milk, Butter, Buttermilk, Whey, Skyr, Curds, Cheeses
Breads and Cereals: Various cereals and breads made of Rye, Oats and Barley
Herbs and Spices: Poppyseed, Black Mustard, Fennel, Watercress, Cumin, Mustard, Horseradish, Pepper, Salt, Saffron, Ginger, Cardamom, Grains of Paradise, Cloves, Nutmeg, Mace, Cinnamon, Anise-Seed, Bay Leaves
Common Meals: Meals are any typical combination of the above mentioned foodstuffs. Things from rack of lamb, venison stew, steak and taters, and the like are all typical. If it is relatively simple and can be made with any or all f the stuff mentioned above, then it is considered common and easily made on order.
Special Meals
Pot-Meat of the Day
Whatever the hunt brings in, is made into a thick and hearty stew! It could be anything from blind-fish, lizard, bat to deer, lynx or mountain goat. It's served with ale, and dwarven bread.
Cave Eel Stew
A cheap meal, yet effective and filling stew made up of sauteed cave eel, chopped cabbage, chopped roasted larvae and diced onions in a fish broth, with salt, pepper and garlic to taste. Served with a loaf of beer bread, and dwarven ale.
Dragon Loaf
This dwarf-invented meal is molded from pepper-spiced ground beef or pork into a dragon-shaped baking mold and baked in our brick oven until sizzling throughout. Then we unmold your beast onto a bed of buttered gold corn 'coins.'
Druid's Dish
An entirely vegetarian meal. Consists of cooked greens with potato slices, large steamed mushroom slices, several types of beans, and various, cooked, sliced tubers, all covered in a unique almond sauce.
Eight-Legged Enchantment
Two juicy large spiders are stuffed with sage corn dressing and grilled until crisp, then coated with a tangy tomato sauce. A large bowl of parsley dumpling soup rounds out the main course.
Catfish Steak
We coat thick slices of catfish with a peppery buttermilk batter and fry it to a crisp golden brown. Enjoy your steaks dipped in shrimp gravy and with a side of seaweed and cabbage salad. We recommend dark beer or ale to complement this meal.
Wise Choice
Crested owl eggs, discovered mere hours after being laid, are spiced with ten different peppers before being scrambled to a gold yellow. Hot pork sausage links, buttered twice-risen rolls, and cinnamon-spiced mulled wine complement the eggs. Also available for breakfast.
Deep Fried Delight
This is a heavy meal on the stomach, though Dwarves seem rather fond of it. We roll thick onion slices, fresh fish, potato wedges, and even pickles in an herb-laced corn meal mixture and fry it all in peanut or vegetable oil. Those who enjoy the meal say it's best enjoyed with an icy mug of ale.
Old-Fashioned Venison Steaks
Take four flour-coated venison steaks heated in oil and butter until brown and add bouillon before simmering in chopped onions, sauteed onions and dark tamarind sauces. Served with steamed and buttered peas, and dwarven beer bread.
Chuul Chowder
The meat from the chuul, those big, lobster-type creatures, are mixed into a creamy chowder with potatoes, cracked peppercorns, baby onions, and fresh cheddar cheese. Served with a basket of popovers.
Fried Chicken
A good, whole meal that is sure to fill the belly of any normal individual. A whole chicken is covered in flour and dough and then fried in a giant frying bucket full of hot cooking oil, and then seasoned with paprika, freshly chopped parsley, minced garlic cloves, black pepper, and powdered onion and garlic. It is served on a large serving tray, with shredded lettuce and tomatoes, and a bowl of mushroom soup, and buttered rolls.
Venison with Ummadon
Venison chunks served with ummadon, a kind of sweet-sour chutney (mushrooms, walnuts, pears, wine vinegar, and honey are some of the identifiable ingredients) with wilted greens, and honey pastries.
Thundersteak
A ribeye steak is marinated in a sauce made up of onions, tomatoes, and a variety of imported spiced peppers. Hot and spicy, served with grilled potato halves, mixed vegetables, and a few thin pancakes that you'll often find people filling with their dinner, rolling it up and eating it.
The Feast
This huge meal is guaranteed to fill any appetite. The meal is served in a good-sized wooden trough which contains at least: an entire beef or venison roast, three baked potatoes, a large helping of greens, two chicken legs, a half tureen of gravy, and a loaf of bread.
Trail Bread
The meal is a dry brown square relatively the size of a postcard, about an inch thick, and weighs next to nothing. It has the consistency of beef jerky while tasting like slightly-flavored cardboard. The meal will allow the diner to journey for two days without hunger and will stay fresh for several months.