The Dancing Dwarf The World of Greyhawk & The World of Greyhawk Wiki The current year for our World of Greyhawk campaign is set during 579CY. Inspired By Gary Gygax

The Dancing Dwarf is a large, comfortable inn in the Commons district of the city of Orthae Qu'lith. Outside the inn, hanging over the entrance, is a square wooden sign that shows a buxom and smiling female dwarf holding a flagon of beer. The Dancing Dwarf, is a place renowned for its good food and excellent drink in Orthae Qu'lith! Passing merchants make a point of stopping, as do many other sorts of wayfarers and traders, and it is said that the place is always filled with patrons "of all races surprisingly".

The Dancing Dwarf is owned by Toblen Stoneheim. He is polite and smiles often to customers, but one can tell he does not tolerate visitors who do not respect the taverns rules. He is friendly enough "for the most part" and is always welcoming to those entering his establishment.

Toblen came from the surface seeking adventure beneath the surface, hearing tales of money to be made in the Underdark. He soon found that he knew more about running an inn than mining, and so he established the inn in the city of Orthae Qu'lith.

The Dancing Dwarf is a nondescript everyday Inn one might find in any mid-sized town or village within Nentir Vale - actually it is rather large for the small settlement of Phandalin. The main floor in the inn consists mostly of open area filled with small round tables with chairs and a half circle bar located along the left side on the main floor as you enter the establishment. Bar stools have been placed at the bar itself. The inn is clean and very well maintained, you can tell Toblen takes great pride in his business. During most times during business hours, you will see several young females waiting tables with Toblen and his wife either behind the bar or out amongst the customers making small talk.

Prices at the Dancing Dwarf are a little higher than usual because it is the only "public and non drow" inn in the city. Choice venison, mutton, poached salmon, trout stuffed with specially prepared mixtures, goose roasted to a golden brown, pork, steaming sausages, steak and kidney pie with mushrooms or truffles, squab stuffed pheasant and boiled crayfish in drawn butter "are imported from the surface" are just a few of the delights which are served here.

Visitors of Orthae Qu'lith, from traders to slavers, enjoy relaxing in the common room, which has become a good place to hear local gossip and stories. The inn is kept neat and clean, and is a generally pleasant place to visit.

The inn provides twelve rentable rooms on the upper floor, plus alcoholic beverages and food. A bed is one gold per night, and prices are fairly standard for food, ale, and cider, with meals coming to various low prices. The bar is usually manned during business hours by someone. Toblen arrived in Orthae Qu'lith from the surface early in his life, and founded the inn not long after he arrived. With the Drow, he knew life would be hard until he got himself established, which he did over time and now he is making a solid living.

Business continues more-or-less as usual each day with few changes and/or surprises. The inn playes host to important visitors from the surface, especially those whom he buys his meats from. The inn's common room has also became a gathering place for quite a few drow elves. Toblen was unsure how this would work out in the beginning but now it is just an everyday thing.

As of now, the inn remaines prosperous and largely unchanged. However, at a point approximately year ago, Toblen fell on hard times trying to keep the establishment running "with the city being a war with a neighboring drow city" but things have sense turned around for the inn and Toblen. Toblen is very happy with how things have worked out for him and he does not see a return to the surface in his future. Money is good here, he has made a good name for himself within the city and gets plenty of customers.

Meals are served on pottery or pewter or copper services according to the customers order. Various leather jacks, pottery mugs, wooden tankards, pewter steins, glass flagons, crystal goblets, or silver chalices are used for the beverages.

The ale and beer is supplemented by brews from other places outside the city, and wine, mead and brandy from all over the realms make their way to the boards of the Dancing Dwarf.

BREAKFAST MEALS
Peppered Bread: 2cp
Fried Potato Wedge: 8cp
Eggs: 1sp
Oatmeal: 8cp
Fruit and Cheese: 5cp
Pork Sausages: 1sp

AFTERNOON MEALS
Boar Steak: 2sp
Venison Stew: 3sp
Beef Stew: 3sp
Parsnip, Mutton & Nettles Soup: 1sp
Beef Stew: 1sp
Beef Steak (with all the trimmings): 2sp
Spiced Sausages: 1sp
Stuffed Pork Chops: 2sp
Stuffed Black Trout: 1sp
Steak and Kidney Pie: 3sp
Apple Stuffed Mushrooms: 5cp
Roast Beef with Cranberry Sauce: 1sp

BEVERAGES
Pear Cider: 2sp
Apple Lemonade: 5cp Goat Milk: 2cp
Cloudberry Cider: 2sp
Whiskey: 6cp
Wild Strawberry Black Tea: 2cp
Apple Lemonade Juice: 5cp
Ale: 8cp

ROOM NIGHTLY PRICES
Guest Room 1gp