Old Angrath's Smokehouse

Old Angrath's Smokehouse was a business in Red Larch circa the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR. It was owned by Angrath Dree, a sorceress, former warrior, and a Harper sympathizer.

Location
This establishment was located on a hill northeast of Red Larch proper. From the center of town, one followed the Long Road north to a chicken barn with a green tile roof that belonged to Nurnath, and turned right (east). A cart path trundled for about a mile (about a kilometer and a half) between a hornapple orchard owned by Mragan Gulther and a cow pasture that belonged to Indurr Stalnstern. The cart track then climbed a tree-ringed hill and ended in a turnabout on a large flat spot near the top of the hill on its north side.

Exterior
Just beyond the turnabout to the north was the rocky peak of the hill where a signal beacon was stacked, ready to be lit in case of emergency. Beyond the signal was a steep drop into brambles. To the southwest, partway down the hill, was a trash dump and some sooty wooden boxes that served as single-item smokehouses during her peak season. To the south was a slight rise to Angrath's herb and vegetable garden. On the east side of the garden was a dead felsul tree about eight feet (two-and-a-half meters) tall with a limb propped up by a wooden pole. From this limb swung a storm-lantern that illuminated the fire pits used to produce the smoke for the smokehouses.

Structure
The only notable structures visible from the turnabout were three stone smokehouses to the southeast of the dead tree. Each smokehouse was a single, tall room capped by a peaked tile roof. A few steps down the hill was the entrance to Angrath's underground dwelling. It had a wood plank facade and door under a sod roof that was held up by rough-hewn beams. The roof blended into the hillside except for the elaborate metal chimney that stuck up out of the "ground". Various windows that dotted the eastern slope of the hill indicated the location of some of her main rooms.

Interior
Angrath's house was a warren of cave-like rooms connected by passages dug through the hill. Instead of stone, her walls were mainly roots and dirt. Most of the space was storage for fruits, vegetables, herbs, and her collection of "homey trash". It appeared that she never threw anything away, but rather kept old buckets, furniture, tools, broken wagon wheels, etc., like a dragon hoarded gold. She left decoy treasure maps laying around on various workbenches in case her dwelling was ever invaded, in the hopes that intruders would enjoy a trip to various goblin or kobold congregations and monster lairs in Undermountain or the Underdark.

Services
Angrath preserved meats and fish in brine that was seasoned with her recipe of herbs and spices. After the curing process, the meat was washed and hung in the smokehouses to dry and absorb the aromatic smoke.

She was also an expert alchemist and sold dried, powdered herbs and ointments of her own creation. Her elixirs included biteabate, brightvigil, softshield, and the popular focus. Given time, materials, and/or money, she could craft the following items by special order (prices are typical for the 1370s DR):
 * Acid (10 gp/flask)
 * Alchemist's fire (20 gp/flask)
 * Antitoxin (50 gp/vial)
 * Smokestick (20 gp)
 * Sunrod (2 gp)
 * Tanglefood bag (50 gp)
 * Thunderstone (30 gp)
 * Tindertwig (1 gp)