The Waning Moon was a distillery and a tavern in the town of Reithwin.[1]
Geography[]
The Waning Moon was located on the western side of Reithwin, on the bank of Chionthar river.[1]
Structure[]
The Waning Moon building had two stories and a basement and combined a distillery and a tavern.[1]
The basement had the main bar counter and an improvised scene for actors. It was also used as warehouse for barrels and crates and had an exit to the embankment of the Chionthar river, where the goods produced in the distillery could be loaded on cargo ships using wooden loading cranes. The basement had a bunch of copper kettles and pumps connected through a pump system to the roof of the building.[1]
The ground floor served as a drinking hall accommodating several tables and bar counters. The floor was filled with wine racks, kegs and tiered wine shelves. It also had a low bar counter with a sign "Halflings and gnomes order here" under a "Welcome" chalkboard.[note 1][1]
The first floor was used as a passage from the road leading to Baldur's Gate to one of the tavern's entrances.[1]
The Waning Moon also had outside tables with a notice board nearby.[1]
Cave Laboratory[]
Cave Laboratory of Thisobald Thorm.
The basement had a metal door leading to a cave, where Thisobald had his personal laboratory. The distiller conducted his researches in the field of poisons.[1]
Provender[]
The establishment offered roasted chicken, mashed beans, pottage stew, cabbage and beans, poultry, Durinbold and Beregost Blue cheeses. It also served fresh tomatoes, carrots, onions and garlic.
Prices[]
The chalkboard with drinks said that the prices were as follows:[1]
- Ale sold for 5 cp per tankard
- Wine sold for 5 cp per tallglass
- Mead sold for 5 cp per tankard
- Cider sold for 2 sp per tankard
Served drinks[]
- Arabellan Dry[1]
- Arkhen's Hoard[1]
- Ashaba Dusk[1]
- Barrel-Aged Callidyrran
- Blackfire whisky[note 2]
- Blackstaff wine[1]
- Chultan Fireswill[1]
- Eigersstor Noblerot[1]
- Esmeltar Red[1]
- Frostkiss Ale[1]
- Highsun Liqueur[1]
- Ithbank[1]
- Marsember ice wine[1]
- Moon Mountain Dark[note 3]
- Plum Fizz[1]
- Portal sherry[1]
- Purple Dragon Blush[1]
- Rolling Deck Rum[1]
- Syl-Pashan Sup[1]
- Tyche Pink[1]
- Whalebone Spiced[1]
History[]
Thisobald Thorm, the owner of Waning Moon.
In the late 14th century the distillery was owned by Thisobald Thorm, the son of general Ketheric Thorm, who turned into Sharran faith. Thisobald and his staff collected sensitive information and rumors reporting it to Ketheric's Dark Justiciars.[1]
The local bartender Madeline had to constantly report to Dark Justiciar Netasha about the gossips and chatter in the tavern leading to the death of her best friends Marc and Benjamin.[1][note 4]
As of the 10th Tarsakh, Thisobald continued to collect the exposing information against the Selûnite resistance and Harpers. He focused his attention on the Reithwin Mason's Guild head mason Mordfred who got drunk and called Thisobald's father a tyrant.[note 5]
On the 6th Flamerule of an unknown year in the late 14th century a woman poisoned Thisobald and tried to blackmail him revealing his experiments to the Baldur's Gate's authorities. She didn't expect that the distiller was resilient to poisoning, so she got captured by him and put in a wooden barrel inside his cave laboratory.[note 6]
In Year of Three Ships Sailing, 1492 DR He Who Was was looking for an opportunity to obtain Madeline's Ledger to hold the trial of Madeline's soul.
Staff[]
- Thisobald Thorm, wretched distiller and the owner of the Waning Moon,[1]
- Blighted Barman, undead barman,[1]
- Madeline, bartender.[1]
Known patrons[]
- Szymon Novak[note 7]
- Imanni Aatakni[note 8]
- Marc Jacobs, a friend of Madeline,[note 9]
- Benjamin Blanchet, a friend of Madeline.[note 10]
- Mordfred, the head of Reithwin Mason's Guild,[note 11]
- Sisters from Reithwin House of Healing.[note 12]
- Blighted Actor, undead actor,[1]
- Blighted Troubadour, undead troubadour,[1]
- Blighted Patron, undead patron.[1]
Patrons barred from entry[]
The tavern had a ban-list of ex-customers which had someway or another disturbed its owner. The following were mentioned in the list:[1]
- Martin Doughty, for "chug-and-run",
- Adam Smythe, for "The Pickle Incident",
- Gerringothe Thorm, for unknown reason,
- Kavin Ort, for being redundantly boring,
- Syrah Bee, for purposefully vomiting on the waiter,
- Pale skinned elf, for referring to the owner as "the porcine publican",
- Rochelle Kwark, for grain-punching,
- Yon Von Don, for wearing underpants on head.
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ It is unknown if this counter was there throughout the whole history of the tavern. It could be implied that the counter was there only after the Sharrans took over Reithwin.
- ↑ According to The Waning Moon: Consignments.
- ↑ The Blighted Barman offered this drink in 1492 DR.
- ↑ According to Madeline's Ledger.
- ↑ According to The Waning Moon: Consignments.
- ↑ According to The Waning Moon: Consignments.
- ↑ According to Madeline's Ledger.
- ↑ According to Madeline's Ledger.
- ↑ According to Madeline's Ledger.
- ↑ According to Madeline's Ledger.
- ↑ According to The Waning Moon: Consignments.
- ↑ The Blighted Patron said: "I wonder if the Sisters will ever visit again, their shift has lasted so long".
Appearances[]
Video Games
External Links[]
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