Belvyn's House of Good Cheer was a combined festhall, all-faiths temple, and rental hall in the settlement of Bargewright Inn in the Savage Frontier in the mid-to-late 14th century DR. It was owned and rented out by Belvyn.[1][2][3]
Location[]
It stood in the upper part of Bargewright Inn, on the central northern side between Tabra's and Shondrin's Packsack of Plenty on the street known as the Rise.[4][5]
Structure[]
The building was a tall and slender hall, with a steep roof. The layout was simple and open. Along its high crossbeams ran catwalk galleries.[2][3]
Services[]
The hall was available to hire for 25 gp for a night. Typically, it was used as either a festhall or a temple, as incongruous as those might seem. For the former, the hall was hired for revels by a variety of organizations, usually mercantile leagues, the guilds of Waterdeep getting out of the city, and adventuring companies passing through and look to celebrate some victory.[2][3] Such groups regularly hired many of the escorts from the neighboring Tabra's for the evening.[2]
If hired as temple, then worshipers were provided with a plain altar and braziers if required. Any non-violent religion was permitted, as well as those of Helm and Tempus, while that of Malar was expressed excluded.[2][3]
Free of charge, one could also hold a funeral here.[2][3]
Rumors & Legends[]
A recurring rumor in the area claimed that, hidden somewhere within or beneath the House of Good Cheer, were many chests filled with gold pieces. This was easily discredited, however: the building had no hiding places and not an errant copper piece was ever turned up.[2][3]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jennell Jaquays (1988). The Savage Frontier. (TSR, Inc), p. 28. ISBN 0-88038-593-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 34. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 slade, et al. (April 1996). “Cities & Civilization”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.), p. 35. ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 29. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ Inside cover included in slade, et al. (April 1996). “Cities & Civilization”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.