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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8231881" data-attributes="member: 7015827"><h2>Chapter X: An Ancient Evil</h2><h2>Message from the Past</h2>On the morning of Ches 28, the company trickled into the Gatereach’s back room for breakfast, Darrow being the first despite his late night “research” for his brewery business. The dwarf confessed to not really liking most of the ales he sampled, neither did he have any luck finding a brewer who was looking for work. In reply, Jandrico Swift thoughtfully tapped a finger on the bar, saying he might know someone who would be looking for a change of venue, and that had the required skills. Darrow described the virtues of the quiet location of Tallwell and agreed to meet with the man, if Jandrico could set something up for that evening.Aerikoth arrived at this point and confirmed to Shanni that he had stayed at his Westgate home the previous night. In response to the wizard’s question about their own doings, Darrow mentioned he had gone out for a wee bit of research, as the dwarf put it, while Dermot had slept in. Shanni said she went for a walk to get some air before dinner, but then had stayed in for the night. As the four dug into Goruna the cook’s fresh griddlecakes, they discussed the uptick in street activity that Darrow and Aerikoth had noticed, the wizard relaying what his raven familiar Zeluth had observed the night before.As the adventurers were finishing their meal, Jandrico took the opportunity to raise the matter of the guest house in more detail, mentioning that it should be completed by the following month and inquiring about their interest in renting it at 400 gold per month, for the group. The innkeeper hoped it would be worth their consideration and retired to the kitchen, to allow them to discuss the matter. In response to a question form Dermot about what the guest house was like before, Aerikoth said that before it burned down, the guesthouse had been a quality place to stay, as each member of the company had a separate room and there was a central meeting area.Shanni expressed enthusiasm at the prospect of having a room of her own, for the first time. She thought that they should be good for the gold, especially with their share of the profit from the dragon hoard due soon after the guest house would be available. Dermot considered that one hundred gold each a month would not be too bad at all, only to be corrected by Aerikoth, who saw no reason to stay there when he had his own home. The ranger then corrected the sum to one hundred and thirty four each, still considering that wouldn’t be too bad at all. Finishing his food and taking a sip of water, the wizard qualified his earlier statement, saying that even though he would not be staying at the guest house, he would be willing to assist all of them, if there was a need.</blockquote>

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