Blue Willowtree's Home

Accommodations in Glarn varies and while inns are of a good standard, not everyone can afford their prices. At Blue Willowtree's Home, no one needs to pay any steep prices to house under a roof. Some might find it meagre to be staying there. But it is in a category of its own compared to the inns and taverns, I would dare write it is closer to a monastery's accommodations. The acolytes of Krakros, priests of Rhyn and priestess of Nilari offer an assortment of services beyond lodging and food. That might be why I prefer this unique experience of cooperation between all of them, and between races.

— Everam, Teller of Nimenra

Glarn is the largest town in Marlun and the first one travellers probably arrives at thus it has several places of lodging and accommodations. Many inns and taverns are excellent choices for them with the coin for it. Those without usually have to rely on the hospitality of others or the Nilarian church that also acts as a hospital.

In Glarn there is another alternative, Blue Willowtree's Home. This large building acts as a place for lodging for all from the peasant to nobility if they ever so desire. It also has a policy of being non-discriminatory, thus both Humans and Demons are welcome inside the warm walls of this religious establishment, founded by the most interesting of parings of faith.

Faiths and Races meet - History

Blue Willowtree's Home is the combined establishment of mainly two Gods' followers, Rhyn's Worshippers of Rhyn and Krakros' Creidembsa. Nilari's church in Glarn also supports this with their own priestess that works in conjunction with the Rhynic priests and Krakrosien acolytes, adepts and priests.

The two founding groups saw the need for lodging after the The War for Marlun had once again gone through the town and serious damage had been done. Many demons had suffered and prejudices were high which the religious organisations of Creidembsa and Rowinian refugees specifically from Worshippers of Rhyn reach out to each other. They decided to build Blue Willowtree's Home, named after the tree on the Rowinian banner and the chosen colour of Krakros. The purpose was to offer shelter for the ones who had little or none and to travellers with little funds. The home has since acted as a location for all, demon, human and Dwarf alike. Decades later in 2021 the local Nilarian church began to aid in the endeavour and began to share the common agenda of the Home.

The People and Staff at Home

A long time has passed since the original proprietors left the establishment but their will have continued in spirit. Many of the priests of Rhyn are descendants of the Rowinian refugees while the acolytes of Krakros are all local men as well. The distribution of faith among the staff has varied over time. At the current time, there are six Rhynic priests and their four disciples, five acolytes and priests of Krakros and four aides and priestess of Nilari that aids the other two denominations. The head of the Home, Willem Jordheart, is a human higher priest of Rhyn while his second is Mardem Cultt, the demon head priest of Krakros and representative of Creidembsa in Glarn.

Giving shelter is our prime objective. The payment is more than fair if you ask me when the inn on the other side of the street wants ten copper for a place in the common room, and not in a bed.

— Willem Jordheart

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Blue Willowtree's Home

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Blue Willowtree's Home is an establishment of lodging and accommodations for travellers and the sick. The establishment offers free lodging for travellers in need of a place to stay in the city of Glarn.
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Services and layout

The Home's main form of service is that of shelter and warmth. There are nearly always beds available for a low price and room to be made for travellers in the sleeping hall of the common room. In the gathering hall, there are tables and chairs for relaxation and food service. The kinds of food available vary but most of the time the priests make porridge from wheat or Glarn wheat. Soups made on vegetables and fats are common too while meat is very rare and only served on special occasions of acquisition by the staff. Water is freely available for travellers but the ones that can pay a price can get beer that is produced in the Home's basement. Sometimes the Rhynic disciples or the Nilarian aides sing in the common area to entertain the guests.

The sick who can't afford doctors or healers can find a bed and help in the Sicks' Ward and are ushered inside with haste when they arrive. Due to inherited knowledge from the original Krakrosian priests, the ward was built with the knowledge that the sick should be separated from the healthy. The doors to the ward are always locked so that the sick does not leave until they are healthy again or ask to leave. A late addition is a door directly leading into the Sicks’ Ward that is now used as the main door for sick newcomers. The priests manufacture their own medicine in the basement from herbs.

The priest staff have their accommodations in a separate building with living quarters and the kitchen. This building usually is only for the priests just like the temple area that was built next to the Sicks' Ward as a seperate building. In the basement, there are several storerooms for food, extra furniture and other materials. A laboratory and a brewery room are located almost immediately when one walks down the stairs. For more esteemed guests of honour or visitors to the priests, there are two private rooms ready to be made here. There is also the crypt that the priests use for their dead, spanning several generations of the Home's staff.

Type
Lodging/Hospital
Date of Construction
1901 V.D
Location
Glarn
Staffing
Rhynic priests, Krakrosien acolytes and Nilarian priestesses
Permenent inhabitants
10 Rhynic priests and diciples
5 Krakrosien acolytes and priests
Keepers of the Home
Willem Jordheart (Higher Priest of Rhyn) Mardem Cultt (Head Priest of Creidembsa)
Prices
Lodging – 2 copper
Warm bath – 10 copper
Foods and drink
Porridge – 4 copper
Soup – 2 copper (free for the sick)
Beer – 20 copper

Discussion of faith aside, Krakros takes anyone under His arms just like Rhyn does. Race would not matter in others' eyes if it was not for the war. Now, excuse me while I return to my studies...

— Mardem Cultt

God or Goddess of Healing?

The story with Willowtree's Blue Home is of both the want to aid and the meeting of two faiths. But there has been a discussion amongst the cults that work in the establishment and outside of it on who is the God of healing. While Rhyn and Krakros usually are not considered into the role of healing or health, the priesthood on both sides in Glarn have stated the thought of either God being just that. The Nilarian Church and The Eight Pantheons, on the other hand, do in fact state that Nilari is considered the Goddess of health and healing. There are also some that have said that Askersound has the chosen duty as the God of health. A conclusion to whom has the role will probably not be found soon but the discussion continues inside the Home and outside as far as to Nilaminra.

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Plot Hooks

Lodging entertainment — Blue Willowtree's Home is a location that offers lodging but lacks the entertainment that other establishments have. Most of all is that the priests have also had a stressful time during the late siege of Glarn and need some relaxation. Willem Jordheart, the current Rhynic leader, has tried to approach this shortage but come up empty-handed. He has heard of a musican that lives in Glarn and that entertain around the town's taverns. Having him for a night might bring much-needed entertainment in the dark times that are ahead for the town? Or if a group of adventurers can come up with anything else he might be as happy for it?

Disease and hope — The Home is in need of ingredients that they don't have, notably a Snow Liley that is located in Jorvemland all too far for any one person to travel within the weeks needed. However, there is a substitute, or so speculates the Head Priest of Krakros Mardem. If one locates the seeds of a Shiver Longing in the eastern mountains of Marlun or, if lucky, from a merchant or explorer from that region. The seeds will help a child and her mother's sickness or at the very least lessen the symptoms. There are other ingredients needed as well both for medicine and experimenting with beer production. Is there anyone willing to take up the task?