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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vigwyn the Unruly" data-source="post: 4038183" data-attributes="member: 20345">A New BeginningChapter 1: New PortTuesday, September 147:38 p.m.Business is slow this evening at the Porthole, the dining room at the King's Inn, where you are staying in New Port. Today was the first day that September really felt like September. A cold drizzle fell steadily from the slate-grey sky, and a miserable wind blew brown leaves across the muddy cobbled main street. Waves slapped ceaselessly against the dilapidated piers. Those who could finished their business in town early and left, and few remain to patronize the Porthole.The proprietor is not one to waste candles needlessly, so only a few are lit here and there in the relatively large but empty room. Besides yourselves, only three other tables are occupied, and two of these by people you recognize as fellow guests of the Inn. The guttering fire radiates very little warmth from the cavernous fireplace, and what flickering light it casts serves to menace rather than cheer the room.However, the smell of warm bread and cooking meats and vegetables permeate the air, and the lateness of the hour has magnified your hunger. After a few minutes, Esmerelda the serving wench makes her way to your table. Though you have eaten at the Porthole several times since making your way to New Port, she still does not trust elves, and wonders why a respectable human would associate with one.Despite this, her manner is polite while she describes the evening's fare by the dim light. "Good evening, sirs. I hope the day has treated you well. This evening, the kitchen is offering baked fish and vegetables for three silvers, or roast lamb and potatoes for 5 silvers. Your choice of wine or ale with either meal. And as a special treat, the proprietor has just received a jug of rum. One silver per shot. What will you have?"</blockquote>

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