The Dragon's Head

3C3P This modest place caters to older Waterdhavians: married couples, retired ex-adventurers, shopkeepers, merchants, and others who like to sit quietly and talk over their drinks. Pipe smoke usually hangs heavy in the air in this place, and—because this place faces Ahghairon's Tower and the palace beyond—talk is often of politics, the future of Waterdeep, and of grand plans. Diplomats and visitors like to drop in here because it's safe and they're anyone or drawn into an argument. The stuffed, mounted blue dragon’s head for which the tavern is named was from a hatchling. It is dusty and moth- eaten with age, but still thrusts, large and menacing, well out into the taproom. One of the bartend¬ers often hangs towels to dry from its teeth. Tobacco (5 cp/pouch) and drinks can be bought at the bar— but aside from sausage rolls (4 cp/platter or 2cp/ handplate) and stew (lcp/bowl), there's little food to be had here. Drinks are 1 cp/tankard for ale, 2 cp for stout, 2 cp/tallglass for wine, and 3 cp for zzar. The bar has an extensive selection of brandies, liqueurs, and rarities (such as firewine and elverquisst), which are sold by the glass. These cost from 7 sp/glass for brandy to 9 gp/glass for elverquisst or Tashlutan amberthroat. Proprietor: The proprietor, Vorn Laskadarr, is short, stubble¬faced, and unlovely to the eye, but also quick, efficient, and kindly.