The Nest, Tavern

The Nest is a small, dingy tavern on the edge of Vicitra, consisting of a few shacks that have been merged together and the walls knocked down. It is clustered around a collapsed stalagmite, several meters tall before ending in a jagged point with a small cage attached for patrons who try to run out on their payments. The desiccated husk of a Shrike is nailed to bar, with the very brave and the very foolish sometimes paying to mix some of its remains into their drink to prove themselves.
At any given time, there's always a handful of regulars in the Nest, enjoying either the drinks or the stories, as the Nest has become a favored hang out spot for Kaia going to or returning from the depths of Patala. As such, the Nest trades as much in information and gossip as it does in food, fungi-brewed booze, and hallucinogenic treat.
All of this happens under the watchful eyes of Nahla, a cheerful and heavy-set woman with a grip said to crush stone without too much issue. Though she speaks little of her past before coming to Patala and is far from wealthy, Nahla will never suffered to her guests to remain hungry or thirsty. More than a few down on their luck citizen of Vicitra owe their lives to her kindness, and the tavern is never short on defenders in any of the interminable struggles for power in the city.

Vicitra
The Nest lies nestled on the far edge of Vicitra, the one and only city in the dangerous borderlands of Patala. As the city has grown, so has the demand for entertainment, something the Nest has capitalized on to carve a small, profitable niche for themselves.
Vicitra, the City On The Perch