Gallowgar's Inn

Gallowgar's Inn, nicknamed the Manure Pile to some, was an inn in the city of Elturel in the Western Heartlands in the mid–14 century DR. It was owned and operated by Guldin Gallowgar.

Location
It lay amongst the stockyards by the docks in Elturel's Dock District.

Description
It was an assemblage of mismatched former warehouses, awkwardly joined and sprawling in every direction like a spider's web. Inside, it was cozy and well worn, even ramshackle, with basic furniture and low beams. It was warm and dim, but most noticeable was the smell of the stockyards, especially in summer. The stink of rotting cow dung was in everything.

Services
The food and drink were plain, but any lack of taste was covered by the smell of manure. Meals included thick slices of salty bread; wedges of a sharp-spiced local cheese; salt stews of hare, trout, or shrimps and clams (imported by barge up the River Chionthar); and river minnows fried in eggs and seasoned with a bare handful of crushed wayflowers and a hint of tansy, for what good it did. Plates of food and bowls of stew were all 5 gp, with two tallglasses or tankards included in the price. A flagon of mead was 1 sp and a tankard of ale alone was 5 gp.

Rooms included hot baths and stabling for mounts. Depending on size and location, prices ranged from 4 gp to 10 gp a night, with most being 6 gp.

As Lord Dhelt decreed that inns and taverns could not operate under the same roof, and could inns serve drinks, Gallowgar's was expressly an inn.