Trollbreeder's Rest
Trollbreeder's Rest is a tall, many-windowed inn and rooming house recently opened for business near Hultail.
The inn takes its name after the activities of several unscrupulous Cormyreans, who bred trolls in the southern reaches of the Hullack Forest and met to plan acts of brigandry and share breeding techniques in a stone tower surrounded by a large wooden palisade.[1]
The tower, situated just east of Hultail along the banks of the Thunderflow, was owned by Ulskan of Hultail (later known to many as Ulskan Trollbreeder[2]).
War Wizards and Purple Dragons brought fire to bear against the guard trolls stationed outside the tower. The fight, and the fire, quickly found its way within. The tower’s upper levels collapsed and it is believed Ulskan and his fellows avoided the King’s justice by being crushed or burned to death. In any case their remains were never found.
The fire-blackened remains and surrounding lands were purchased from Ulskan’s creditors[3] by Tamphras Bloodcandle, who cleared away the wreckage and had three new levels erected on top of the still standing ground floor walls.
Today, Trollbreeder's Rest is a popular waystop and home for merchants and travelers wishing to avoid magic and those who use it.[4] Merchants desiring to make the journey into Sembia after the roads thaw (and be the first to find new goods and fashions to bring back to Cormyr) will oft make Trollbreeder's their winter home.
Several well-paid “readyblades” are kept on staff (no less than six on the ground floor at any time), who prevent fights and bloodletting in Tamphras' establishment.
Troll parts can still be found around (and sometimes inside) Trollbreeder's. Tamphras pays 1 cp for any “troll bits” (fingers, toes, ears, chunks of flesh), 5 sp for mostly intact parts (hands fetch 10 sp) and 10 gp for mostly intact parts that show signs of life.
All of these are tossed into a wide, deep fire pit that sits between the tower and the banks of the Thunderflow, and is tended day and night—regardless of weather—by children from Hultail.
[1] Once the home of a retired Wizard of War. See “Volos’s Guide to Cormyr”, page 189.
[2] See the Eye on the Realms article Thormil’s Secret in Dungeon 194.
[3] Ulskan was an inveterate gambler, his riches gained from waylaying caravans and unwary nobles traveling on the Thunder Way all wiped out on a nightly basis at any of several gambling establishments that have sprung up in Hultail in the last decade.
[4] Individuals with a skill at Art avoid Trollbreeder's, as the ground level is effectively a dead magic zone (one that extends an irregular distance from the inn, but never less than ten feet) and the upper levels are inhospitable to spellcasters of all types. The first magically gifted guests to stay there experienced nightmares, and in one case madness. Memorizing spells is impossible within Trollbreeder's and spells targeting the inn or those within it have an equal chance (DMs choice) of having either no effect, rebounding on their caster, or rebounding and going wild (see your nearest handy Wand of Wonder description for a list of possible effects).
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