The Half Moon Inn and Festhall

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Zzadrina Kel'Shri
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The Half Moon Inn and Festhall

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[color=darkblue:32btlgl0]Welcome to the Half Moon Inn.[/color:32btlgl0]

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[color=darkblue:32btlgl0]Through storm and rain, and sun and snow, the Half Moon Inn has stood for over one hundred years. It has prospered under the capable management of Katriana D'Rynn, a tall and elegant moon elf. She has been a favorite among all the patrons, both regular and new, for her charm and grace and ability to diffuse fights with ease.

The Half Moon is a popular haunt for adventurers, both new and experienced, and is praised across Faerun for its fine wines and food, and excellent service. It is a favored stop for many travelers and merchants on their journies. All are welcome in the Inn, no matter if they be Drow or Tiefling or anything else, and strong, fair guards under the command and pay of Katriana ensure no fights break out between any of the patrons.[/color:32btlgl0]

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[color=darkblue:32btlgl0]Next are some comprehensive lists pertaining to the Inn itself. Please, read them, for they are quite benficial to the roleplay and enjoying your time here.[/color:32btlgl0]

[color=darkblue:32btlgl0]List of [url=http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2937/r ... g:32btlgl0]Rules[/url:32btlgl0].

List of [url=http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5356 ... g:32btlgl0]Employees[/url:32btlgl0].

List of [url=http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/435/be ... g:32btlgl0]alcoholic beverages[/url:32btlgl0] served at the Inn.

List of [url=http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7239/foo ... g:32btlgl0]popular foods[/url:32btlgl0] served at the Inn.[/color:32btlgl0]

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[color=darkblue:32btlgl0]And finally, here is a list of pictures of places at the Inn, ranging from the tap rooms, to the gardens.[/color:32btlgl0]

[url=http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3358/311 ... g:32btlgl0]The Taproom[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2i6hoqo&s=3:32btlgl0]The Stables[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=s6ja88&s=3:32btlgl0]The Formal Dining Room for Special Events and Meetings[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1022 ... g:32btlgl0]The Managers Office[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8305/b ... g:32btlgl0]The Mens Bathhouse[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=v46og5&s=3:32btlgl0]The Womens Bathhouse[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7532 ... g:32btlgl0]The Gardens: Entrance[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5852 ... g:32btlgl0]The Gardens: Grounds[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2hs0k03&s=3:32btlgl0]Inn Room One[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=efgktk&s=3:32btlgl0]Inn Room Two[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=29uptec&s=3:32btlgl0]Inn Room Three[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2z9l8oz&s=3:32btlgl0]Inn Room Four[/url:32btlgl0]
[url=http://www.kenmarshallphotography.com/i ... g:32btlgl0]Inn Room Five[/url:32btlgl0]

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[color=darkblue:32btlgl0][b:32btlgl0]Enjoy your roleplaying time here![/b:32btlgl0][/color:32btlgl0][/center:32btlgl0]
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I wiped the sweat from my brow as I leaned back in the saddle. It'd been a hard and hot day of riding along the dusty road and as I crested the rise, the sight of the Half Moon Inn was a blessed relief. Ahh soon cold ale, a refreshing bath and a sumpteous meal would be mine for the asking.

Gently nudging faithful old Spotty along, we cantered dow the low hill.

"Not far to go old friend, soon you will be eating oats and will have a good rub down. I'l make sure the ostler checks your shoes too," I said leaning forward and patting Spotty on his neck. The horses ears flicked back as he listened to me and I could sense his anticpation to get to the stables and have a long drink and brush down.

I reigned in Spotty as we arrived out the front of the Inn and dismounted, handing the reigns to the stable boy who has scampered out to take the horse. I flicked the boy a 5 silver bit as a tip. he caught it with a pleased grin.

"Thankee yer lordship," he said.

"Feed him oats and rub him down lad. Also ask the ostler to check his shoes. He may need new ones." The boy nodded and lead the warhorse away towards the large stables.

I undid the drawstring to my straw hat, took it off and made my way up the steps to the main doors of the Inn. The sun was going down and the sky was lighting up in the dusk. The clouds turned from white to ash orange and the blue sky blurred into a rich amber dusted with reds and yellows.

I pushed open the huge doors and entered the Inn's foyer.
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He arrives on foot, weary and dusty from the road; his treasured lute strung across his back, cloak blowing about in the light breeze. He has let down his hood to allow the cool air to ruffle through his long white mane, for he knows his kind are welcome here. For once, he is in a place where he can tread without fear of prejudice.

He smiles to himself as he enters the Half Moon, and breathes deep the scent of good food and the pervasive scent of wine and mead. He glances around, and spots a familiar face.

"Well met, Sir Talwyn," he says, grinning. "A fine evening, and good company. What more could anyone ask? Though it seems we're the only ones here at the moment. Lady Katriana! A round of your best wine, please? And perhaps some of whatever that is you have cooking that smells so divine? I'm hungry enough to eat a whole rothe!"
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Gareth stumble through the wooden door, Sweating and holding a painful bandaged cut on his side rib cage. Apperantly he had been hunting, From the looks of it he had been hunting a certain bear, as he had a new necklace, decorated with bear teeth and claws.

He walked over to the nearest seat and ushered over a waiter and ordered a Cinnamon soup, an apple tart and a salmon pie. not to mention a mug of honey mead. He was deffentely tired of eating what ever he could scavage from the wild.
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As night falls, a strange drow walks in, his face hidden under his hood, his feet, and can be seen of his legs as he steps forward, are bare, and there seems to be a smell of earth, and some decay about him as he passes. From the depths of his hood red eyes widen in surprise as he sees Gareth sitting at a table. He walks over and sits down at that table, waving the waitress over, and asking for a glass of Tethyrian Red Wine.
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Lizarus walks through the door. "Just get me a cup." he asked the bartender, as he sat down at a table. He pulled out a wine bottle he saved from the Sunstone Mask. He peered across the guests, when he saw the tiefling, he rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair.
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The drow elf leaned forward, and in a raspy voice said, "Well, yours is a face I have seen before, Gareth Ravenmantle," he said, "It was a fair effort to track you here, which I am surprised by, considering your unique... situation." His eyes scanned the room, resting breifly on Lizarus' face, "Where is your pet hawk, Scrap was it?"
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Looking at the man in the cloak, He knew it was Zazzt, It was obvious The decay and the dirt over his feet from the spar. "Z..Zazzt? i thought you were dead!" He said as scrap poked his head out of Gareth's pack and with a small tweet he poked his head back in.
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He sits down with Tal, and offers up a toast. "To good food, better company, and fair travels! Anyone care to join us?" he asks jovially. He glances around the room, but the others all seem deep in their own talk. He shrugs and sips at his wine . The bottle is half empty now, though the night is still young.

He sighs, and pulls out his polished ebony lute, and leans back with the chair tilted to strumm a little. He soon has an airy little tune playing, something he remembers from his travels. After a few minutes, he pauses, and begins another song, this time singing an old ballad.

Oh the summer-time has come
And the trees are sweetly blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather
Will ya go, lassie, go?

I will build my love a bower
By the blue crystal fountain
And all around I would pile
All the flowers of the mountain
Will ya go, lassie, go?

(chorus)And we'll all go together
To the wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ya go, lassie, go?

If my true love she were gone
I would ne'er find another
While the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather
Will ya go, lassie, go?

(chorus)

Oh the summer-time is leaving
And the leaves are fiery turning
And the wild mountain thyme
Casts its seed upon the purple heather
Will ya go, lassie, go?

(chorus x2)
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((OOC:Well, this small explosion of posts was unexpected..-scurries to adress all posters-))[/size:3s5d05xk]

[color=darkred:3s5d05xk]Katriana watched her small, dedicated crew of employees dart about, tending to the needs of the patrons with a smile of pride. This establishment was her lifes work, really, and it pleased her to know that it was so popular and that her employees enjoyed working here.
She herself moved about aswell, greeting new customers, showing them to tables, bringing them copy of the Inn menu and their orders and playing the part of a good hostess.
Stan, the dwarven barkeep, was a bit grumbly as usual, but served the customers without complaint. Helena, Bronwyn and Matthias were the most attentive waiters, quick on their feet and smart. As usual, there was the sound of clanging pots and friendly bickering coming from the kitchen as Jezebel and Jacoby chattered while they cooked. All the business at the Inn was running like clockwork, as it always did.[/color:3s5d05xk]

Elenwe and Zzadrina had arrived at the Half Moon some hours before, taking to a room to retire after they bathed all the dust of travel from them. After the adventure at the caves with Rooky, Talwyn, and Lothir, the girls had gone their seperate way to find jobs and such in the streets of Luskan. Their exploits in Luskan had been fruitful, and after following many rumors, and taking many wrong paths through the wilderness, the girls had stumbled upon the lair of a blue dragon. After recruiting some fellow adventurers to their cause, the group felled the dragon, split the money and magical items, and went back to their previous lives. They had kept some of the coin and items for themselves[i:3s5d05xk]-which there was plenty of- [/i:3s5d05xk]and sent the rest of to the Promenade Temple in Skullport.
While Elenwe slept, Zzadrina glided down the steps to the taproom, clad in a gown of dark blue silk and velvet, which she had bought with some of the coins taken from the dragons lair. It was a pretty [url=http://artemisia.com/store/images/BSD2Blue.jpg:3s5d05xk]thing;[/url:3s5d05xk] fitting her form well. A slim silver belt went across her hips, and her silver crescent moon necklace hung proudly around her neck. Her hair was down, which was exceedingly rare to see. There were little silver [url=http://images.celebrateexpress.com/mgen ... g:3s5d05xk]sandals[/url:3s5d05xk] on her feet.
She smiled when she spotted Lothir and Talwyn, a familiar leap of joy in her stomach at seeing her friends. After accepting a goblet of Strawberry wine from Bronwyn, she joined the boys in song, gliding casually over to their table while singing along, substituting lassie for lad in the song and she for he. She let out a laugh at their suprised expressions and alighted in a chair next to Lothir.
[color=darkblue:3s5d05xk]" Hello, boys."[/color:3s5d05xk]
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" Some woman got whacked!"
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Gareth heard the song and aplauded softly as to not disturbe the others.
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Post by Talwyn Aureliano »

I smiled broadly at Zzadrina as I took my seat at the table.

Lothir didn't waste time in striking up a lively tune which many of the Inn's customers enjoyed.

"Good evening Lady Zzadrina. May I say how lovely you are looking this night. Why the stars themselves would be blushing in envy at your dazzling beauty."
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"Not to mention at the silver of your tongue, Talwyn!" the handsome young drow chuckles, a merry twinkle in his ice-blue eyes. He starts in on another tune, this one in drowish, a bit more angry and dark... (translations are in parentahes)


Aster Flamgra- Truth Burns

Gaerzhah treemma wun l' isto- There's fear in the night-
Nind xo'al ulu tesso renor zhah t'puuli- They try to tell me black is white
Vel'drav jal usstan phu' jjunle d' mith- When all I see are shades of grey.

Rosa harl l' krik'vlicss- Rain down the tears
Areion jal lil veldrin lueth l' drasven- Through all the shadows and the years
Hwuen jal l' vigaj flamgra tarthe- Til all the madness burns away.

Flamgra'in iaurrhen, flamgra'in ulnen- Burning bridges, burning lies
Ul'nusst phu' niir'l d' serisen' stallons- Screams are torn from lovers' sighs
Vel'drav jal lil tresk'ri neera iz' Uoi'nota- When all the world becomes as Hell
Lueth gaerzhah naubol zet jhal dosst quortek ulu quaz- And there's nothing left but your soul to sell!

Lil aster zhah gaer- The truth is there
Jhal follu'oh nau uss kluthak ulu kyon- But somehow no one seems to care
Whol jal nind kyorl zhah er'griff plak'la- For all they see is only gold.

Lil renorurl xukuth- The blackest heart
K'jakr zhahus karil h'uena a lil itami- Still was pure once at the start
Jhal nesst's bel'la zhah dubo ulu mir- But man's honor is hard to hold.

Flamgra'in detholiren, flamgra'in ramak- Burning choices, burning sins
Wun lil xuz er'griff verin ultrinanne- In the end only evil wins
Vel'drav nau ka'lith wun nesst ulnen- When no mercy in man lies
Vel'bol neera d' udossa jal vel'drav l' aster elar- What becomes of us all when the truth dies?



OOC: This is one i actually wrote myself!
By the Dark Maiden''s grace do we meet. May she guide and protect us.

"Where Science ends, Magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491

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Zazzt paused to listen to the song, and a good one it was, he turned back to Gareth, "I was dead, but I have-had- those two tricks for an occasion if one of my friends had lost someone, or something dear to them. The two spells I used took most of my life to prepare, and I doubt I will ever have time to do so again. Before I continue, I will assure you, that I am not undead, I am actually a living creature, as is Scrap." Zazzt held out his arm, and Scrap landed on it, screeching happily, "Keep him alive, at all costs, for he and I are one and the same now." Zazzt said to Gareth, and Scrap's eyes flashed red for a moment, the same color as Zazzt's, "As long as he is with you, you will never be safe from me." Zazzt chuckled, "But the spells I used were costly, the one that brought me back from Mephistar doubly so." Zazzt opened his arms, showing Gareth his rotten and bug infested body, "The wounds will heal, of their own accord, and the spell speeds the regeneration, but to all outward appearances I am undead." Zazzt looked at Talwyn, "That paladin may not like me at this moment." He chuckled, "Oh, and this belongs to you." Zazzt dropped the hair that he had taken from Gareth onto the table, "You might want to be more careful with your fights."
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Post by Gareth Ravenmantle »

Dont worry Zazzt, I wont let anything bad happen to him, and i do hope you will be alright, friend. If theres anything i can do to repay you, Anything at all, just let me know. You deserve it.
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