Lucky Monkey

At first sight, the Lucky Monkey looks like any travelling inn. The roadhouse itself sits to the east of the road, partially surrounded by the dense jungle. The building is old and well used, the chimneys stained with soot, the roof sagging, the wood siding weathered and stained from last year's mildew. A smaller stable stands to the building’s side in a similar condition. The facade of the building sports numerous carved wooden monkeys, many of which are engaged in risky, death-defying stunts. In one, a wooden monkey balances on a narrow tree branch to get a banana hanging over a sleeping tiger; in another, a monkey sits on a boulder completely unaware that a poacher sneaking up behind him was suddenly attacked and eaten by an ankheg. The various lucky nature of the monkeys is continued depicted in various other carvings around the building.