Slow Ponies

Unknown to many, local brigands, spies, mercenaries, and less-than reputable folks ply their various trades inside the taproom, which is open from dusk until dawn. Small thieves cant symbols litter the nearby community, all identifying Slow Ponies as a safe place.
Locals shrug their weary shoulders at inquires about the reputation of the place, choosing to say "Don't bet on Slow Ponies" as catch-all phrase.
The owner is a lightfoot halfling named Berto Hamhands. Most of the employees have been spies, thieves or brigands at one point in their lives. As such, they are most open and welcoming to bards, rogues and those known to butt-up against the law. Such travelers will have a hard time finding anywhere better for gahtering information and finding disreputable work.
Slow Ponies has no rooms for rent. The dusky corners of the quiet bar are often highly prized for shady deals and underhanded exchanges. Many with an eye for crime know it to be a great place for cutthroats and rogues to converse in safety, as even rival gangs dare not test Berto's sufferance.
Many in the city also venture to Slow Ponies when they need coin in a hurry. Most of the staff can offer loans as large as 1,000 gp to patrons who give a few drops of blood and sign their name in a set of ledgers hidden away.
Loans given by Slow Ponies come with a 10% interest rate accrued at the time of the loan and every tenday thereafter. Each loan is to be paid back no later than two months after it is given.
If one fails to pay back the loan in full at the end of the two month period, Berto sends word to one of this contacts named Warner Cyss, who tracks down the debtor along with his goons and recovers the funds, one way or another. Warner may go so far as to enlist the help of local mercanies and sellspells should it be required.
Slow Ponies only offers basic snacks such as pine nutes, venison jerky, hard-baked bread, bowl of canned fruit or their specialty, chicken wings. Outside food is allowed inside, so long as it is not disruptive.
Instead, Slow Ponies focuses on having a wide variety of affordable and good-quality alcoholic beverages. Primarily, they serve ale, beer and mead but on occasion they will offer wines or liquors as they become available.

Type

Pub / Tavern / Restaurant

Parent Location

Sullenwharf

Owner

Berto Handhands

Characters in Location

• Yanna Brimblethums