Friendly Arm

The Friendly Arm Inn is a stone keep which houses the titular inn and is surrounded by an outer wall, which also protects the Temple of Wisdom (a shrine dedicated to Garl Glittergold), a handful of houses, and stables. With its location on the trade way between Baldur's Gate and the town of Beregost, the Friendly Arm is a safe haven for travellers.

The keep was once the stronghold to worshippers of Bhaal, the Lord of Murder, but the gnome Bentley Mirrorshade, his gnome wife Gellana and their adventuring party cleaned out the keep and Bentley is now the current proprietor of the inn, while Gellena is the head priestess in the temple of Garl Glittergold. At the Friendly Arm peace is secured by both the guards, who insist an leaving all weapons at the door and that wizards and priests tie one thumb to their belt, a practice which has spilled over to fighting Monks as well. The barmaids of the inn, who are said to be iron golems camouflaged as women by illusionary means, Also take care of the peace.

In times of war, Baldur's Gate can use the Arm as a staging ground for regiments of Flaming Fist mercenaries.

In the Baldur's Gate novelization the Inn is consistently and incorrectly referred to as the "Friendly Arms Inn".