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The Old Skull Inn lies on the main road through Shadowdale, near the base of the Old Skull, a granite crag covered with lichen and tufts of hardy grass that constitutes one of the topographic features of note near the town. The Old Skull is so called because of the visage its bare and pitted surface seems to have on bright, moonlit nights, but there are some who have claimed that the name has nothing to do with apearances, but with an ancient legend of stone dragons who once visited the Dale. In any event, nothing mysterious has happened on the Old Skull in a good long time, but it made a fine landmark for the Inn to establish itself nearby.
The Old Skull Inn is a three story stone and timber structure with 29 separate and somewhat unusually decorated rooms for travellers and the usual kitchen, taproom, pantry and storage rooms. Stables are behind and to the northeast of the inn in a separate structure.
Adventurers can obtain food and lodging of above average quality at reasonable rates, the staff is courteous (without being unctuous), honest and hard working. The taproom is often quite full of adventurers and a few local regulars during the evening mealtimes. The most noticable occupants are Jhaele Silvermane - the InnKeeper, a powerful, but very likable and motherly woman, known to be proficient with a thrown dagger, as displayed by the occasional need to bury a blade (with the tab attached) into the door ahead of fleeing deadbeats (much to the applause of the taproom); Bardag Shultu and Byrnn Waller - the StableMasters; Fessel, Bork, Nat and Berkeley - Men-at-Arms of Lord Mourngrym who often stop in for drinks after their shift as town watch; and unfortunately Volothamp, or more commonly simply Volo - a self proclaimed expert on all lands of the realms, and publisher of texts on various areas of his "expertise".
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