A Pair of Black Antlers

A Pair of Black Antlers, or simply the Antlers, was a tavern in Elturel in the Western Heartlands. It is the most well-known tavern in the city, recognized even outside Elturel as a meeting place for adventurers of all ages. Volo recommends that no adventurer should pass through Elturel and not visit the Antlers. Countless adventures started, or ended, right here.
Dimly lit with wood-paneled walls, the air is thick and smoky because the fireplace does not work properly. The building is a close and maze-like place with a multi-level taproom and filled with stone support pillars, thick low-hanging beams, and big dark-hued furniture salvaged or looted from old castles and villas. Illumination was provided by three blue-colored driftglobes that could be requested to come to one, but this attracted the notice and interest of other patrons.
It was heavily decorated with a wide variety of adventurers' finds, trophies, and paraphernalia, such as old and well-used weaponry and split shields; the dusty claws, tails, and shocked-looking heads of miscellaneous monsters; and ancient maps (though not all actually genuine) purporting to detail castle dungeons, dwarven holds, crypts, and cave systems said to house treasures and covered in corrections, notes, or blood spatters. Most impressive of all was an enormous rack of stag's antlers at least 20 feet (6.1 meters) wide for which the tavern was named. They hung on the wall over the bar and many patrons, including Volo, stood on top to measure them.

Alternative Names

The Antlers

Type

Pub / Tavern / Restaurant

Parent Location

Elturel

Owning Organization

Order of the Gauntlet

Characters in Location

• Ontharr Frume