The Trip and Shuffle was a tavern in Targos, one of the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale, in the late 14th century[1] and late 15th century DR.[2]
Location[]
A map of Targos showing the location of the Trip and Shuffle.
The building was located on or near the southern wall of town.[1][3]
Atmosphere[]
The tavern was known as a chaotic place in the 1370s DR, not for gentle souls.[1] In the late 15th century DR, the tavern had a large blazing hearth by one of the taproom's walls and a small stage for bards and minstrels to perform for the guests.[4]
Services[]
Trip and Shuffle served a homey stew of meat, potatoes, and carrots, accompanied by ale, in the late 15th century DR.[4]
Staff[]
In the early 1370s DR, the Trip and Shuffle was operated by a man named Russell, who was living in Targos to escape a death sentence that he'd received in Cormyr as a disgraced Purple Dragon.[1]
History[]
In the late 1480s DR, the ex-Harper bard and struggling single father Edgin Darvis went to the Trip and Shuffle for a bowl of stew, a tankard of ale, and milk for his infant daughter, Kira, but nodded off to sleep with the cooing baby next to him. When he woke, he found Holga Kilgore cradling Kira after she'd kept an eye on the newborn and let the father get some sleep. Though he briefly reacted badly, fearing a stranger taking his child, the two became firm friends.[5][2] In the years after, the Trip and Shuffle tavern became the favored haunt of the thieves Edgin, Holga, Kira, Simon Aumar, and Forge Fitzwilliam, a place where they would plan, celebrate, and make music.[2]
In the mid-1490s DR, they were met here by Sofina, who hired them to rob Korinn's Keep.[2][6][7] After their crimes caught up with them, in the late 1490s DR,[note 1] Edgin and Holga escaped the Revel's End prison and returned to Targos. They had a drink at the Trip and Shuffle to discuss their plans, though the barkeep mistook them for a married couple, which they were amused and offended by. Finding a flyer advertising the High Sun Games and that Forge had become Lord of Neverwinter, they departed for that city.[2][8]
Appendix[]
Background[]
In Honor Among Thieves, the unnamed barkeep is played by actor San Shella.
Notes[]
- ↑ The Honor Among Thieves movie and its tie-ins are as yet undated. As discussed here, from the condition of Castle Never and Dagult Neverember's reign, this wiki estimates a date of the late 1490s DR for the main events of the movie. Prequels and flashback scenes are set up to 11 years before this.
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Referenced only
- Legacy of the Crystal Shard
- Novels
- Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter • The Junior Novelization
- Film and Television
- Honor Among Thieves
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Philip Athans (2008). A Reader's Guide to R. A. Salvatore's the Legend of Drizzt. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-4915-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley (2023). Honor Among Thieves. (Paramount Pictures).
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore, Jeffrey Ludwig, Matthew Sernett, James Wyatt (November 19, 2013). “Campaign Book”. Legacy of the Crystal Shard (Wizards of the Coast), p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7869-6464-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jaleigh Johnson (2023). Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter. (Random House Worlds), chap. 1, p. 9. ISBN 978-0593598139.
- ↑ Jaleigh Johnson (2023). Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter. (Random House Worlds), chap. 1, pp. 7–15. ISBN 978-0593598139.
- ↑ David Lewman (February 28, 2023). Honor Among Thieves: The Junior Novelization. (Random House Worlds), chap. 2, p. 22. ISBN 0593647955.
- ↑ Jaleigh Johnson (2023). Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter. (Random House Worlds). ISBN 978-0593598139.
- ↑ David Lewman (February 28, 2023). Honor Among Thieves: The Junior Novelization. (Random House Worlds), chap. 4, pp. 31–32. ISBN 0593647955.