The White Lady Inn
The White Lady Inn stands just across from
the Easthaven harbor, overlooking the lake. The inn is named
for a local legend about the ghost of Lac Dinneshere and capitalizes on the
morbid fascination generated by its eponymous tale.
A halfling bard named Rinaldo works the inn’s taproom
on most nights, recounting the titular story
for the benefit of any newcomers and then segueing
into hair-raising tales drawn (he swears) from the
true accounts of the many adventurers who have
stayed at the White Lady Inn. Rinaldo knows how to
pull in a crowd, often loudly proclaiming that “this
next tale is not fit for the ears of women, children, or
those of tender heart” whenever he spies passersby in
the street, reeling them in like fish on a line. On the
other hand, his employer—a wiry, white-haired old
man named Bartaban—seems perennially bored by
the halfling’s tales. But the dour innkeeper is acutely
aware of the value Rinaldo adds to his establishment
and strives to make himself as invisible to his guests
as possible, the better to let the bard’s tales work
their magic.
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