Coachman’s Rest

At a glance

A modest, multistory wooden inn in Rivalis operated by Ewing Watergleen. All three party members arrived here independently on the night before they met.

Description

• Contains a bar, dual staircases, and at least one upper floor.
• Draws a mixed crowd of halflings and visitors.
• Serves pies made with a calming local botanical blend.
• Becomes especially crowded at night and during the local fair.

Known facts

• A pale halfling who drank red wine but never ate was revealed as a wandering ghost—probably a Haunted Visage—and dissolved into spectral mist.
• Ewing said an elderly woman habitually wins the inn’s pie-eating contest.
• Mercenaries gather here.
• The party lodges in rooms on the third floor.
• At midnight during Session 2, the town bell rang thirteen times.
• The bell again rang thirteen times on the following night.
• A crow delivered the party a red invitation to Castle Avernus through a window slit.
• Rivalis’s militia gathers and recovers here after fighting the Shroud.
• Hosts an annual pie-eating contest formerly dominated by an unidentified old woman; Rage defeated her.
• One employee died during the night following the contest.

History with the party

• Session 1: The party met here over breakfast and returned at night to find the pale halfling present.
• Session 2: Carver spoke with the Haunted Visage, Sister Elda explained the gravelights, and the party heard thirteen midnight chimes.
• Session 3: The party received the Castle Avernus invitation and spoke with Garen Faulk after another night of thirteen chimes.
• Session 4: Rage won the pie contest, the party met Professor Shale and Ooru, and Ewing reported an employee’s death.
• Session 12: Found within the Shroud; Ewing had moved his innkeeping operation to City Hall.

Current status

Subsumed by the Shroud. Ewing has relocated to Rivalis City Hall with the town’s refugees.