The Full Measure
The Full Measure stands at an ordinary corner of the Bellows District, where it meets aged, weathered wharf pillars, and the raucous, serpentine narrows of the Mercari. A locus for trade, secrets, rumors, queries, pacts, and oaths. This building of common stone and reclaimed, scorched timber, masquerades as a simple tavern. No sign, no stamp, no symbol offers a name or invitation, the large, unguarded oaken door, fortified by linseed oils, banded by Dwarven forged metal, is not street facing, it is down a side alley, not lit by lantern nor torch.
Timbers hewn from the collapse of the previous razed structure, stones salvaged from decayed remains of the previous, that had itself, been built as an expansion of an ill conceived mercantile gamble, Reassembled into a cellared, two storied patchwork oddity, under the careful eye of a builder most acknowledge as touched.
Purpose / Function
A meeting place for inquisitive folk. Any folk from the Westerlands can be found within, no matter the tradition or craft, none are here for respite, all are here to advance one more step towards a personal geas.
Marwill is beginning to suspect that there is a common thread running through the lives of everyone who enters through the door of the tavern he runs.
Injustice.
All those that enter the Full Measure have suffered some injustice that has been done to them by someone or group. Given this suspicion Marwill's faith compels him to compels him to investigate, to probe events, circumstances, for greater meaning and maybe... a path of enlightenment.
Alterations
Limed mud is used as patches, applied to the exterior after rain or storm. Roof shingles are nailed back down, shutters replaced.
Architecture
The foundations are stones reworked from the previous building. One in ten foundation stones are the size of a brewer's dray, blue as a summer's day sky.
The wood beams in the foundation are oak, the floors and inside braces are Yew, the rooms are a mixture of Ironheart pine, Tarnwood birch and rare Orindon black walnut for the bar and barrel racks.
The fireplaces are made of Ironheart granite, cut into unusual and random sizes, the hearth is of a dark aquamarine quartz triangular plates that glow faintly in complete darkness. The kitchens are on the second floor. Platters, bowls are lowered by chains to the bar by use of wheellblock winches, then to tables. A single hatch, large enough to lift a wine barrel, behind the bar, opens down to the basement, a rope ladder, salvaged ship's rigging, is visible. The basement has anther egress, a wide, eight foot ascending tunnel with wooden rails with thick heavy oaken doors barred from the inside. The basement floor is paved with flagstones, mortared in, that support tens of wooden supports and racks filled with all manner of preserves, staples of flours, seeds, nuts and supplies of crockery, tools and sundries. The most prominent feature is the waterwheel. The wheel is wooden, the channels that would catch a river current, instead have been removed and have chain rigging, large enough to encircle a barrel, then lift as it turns, allowing the barrel to come to the bar floor above. Stone counterweights are stacked to the side.
The wood beams in the foundation are oak, the floors and inside braces are Yew, the rooms are a mixture of Ironheart pine, Tarnwood birch and rare Orindon black walnut for the bar and barrel racks.
The fireplaces are made of Ironheart granite, cut into unusual and random sizes, the hearth is of a dark aquamarine quartz triangular plates that glow faintly in complete darkness. The kitchens are on the second floor. Platters, bowls are lowered by chains to the bar by use of wheellblock winches, then to tables. A single hatch, large enough to lift a wine barrel, behind the bar, opens down to the basement, a rope ladder, salvaged ship's rigging, is visible. The basement has anther egress, a wide, eight foot ascending tunnel with wooden rails with thick heavy oaken doors barred from the inside. The basement floor is paved with flagstones, mortared in, that support tens of wooden supports and racks filled with all manner of preserves, staples of flours, seeds, nuts and supplies of crockery, tools and sundries. The most prominent feature is the waterwheel. The wheel is wooden, the channels that would catch a river current, instead have been removed and have chain rigging, large enough to encircle a barrel, then lift as it turns, allowing the barrel to come to the bar floor above. Stone counterweights are stacked to the side.
Defenses
The common folk notice none, seeing only what has been built for them to see.
Many may enter and dismiss pieces as absent minded remainders of poor cradtsmanship. Some will see hints, yet dismiss them.
History
The site was once a cloth weaver's and sail shop, before that was a carpenter's shop. Then beofre those, there was a tailor's shop, which had replaced a bakery and a slaughterhouse before that.
Tourism
Visitors are not likely to ever set boot or foot of any kind, into the building.
Founding Date
Seems like... must be around a dozen years
Alternative Names
the vault, the grey sleeve, the jagged wheel
Type
Pub / Tavern / Restaurant
Parent Location
I think you left some stuff out after "Given this suspicion" which I'd love to read, but I already like the theme and the way the place is more than it seems.
Too low they build who build beneath the stars - Edward Young
I did leave it unfinished. Corrected. My thanks for the comments, my project made better for it.