Post by Lady Destiny on Aug 15, 2006 4:01:22 GMT -5
Greetings! You have chosen the best tavern in town – The Gryphon’s Cry. I am the owner, William Andhun. The tavern is the bar of your time. It's a place where people gather, drink, and have a merry time. Our most popular item is a drink called mead, made from fermented honey, and is very sweet, and at the same time, very intoxicating. We keep our ale in barrels outside. You may have seen them when you came in. Sometimes they are filled too much and when the temperature changes or the keg is moved it may burst. It's quite a sight, my friend. Men from all across town rush over with their mugs to get as much of the free ale as possible. Mind you, the ale on the ground is not drunk, but what remains in the barrel is heartily consumed by the public. Since you're new around here, it would be a good idea to carry your cup around if a keg should burst.
We have come a long way since the ole days when most of the population had little or no leisure time. But with the breakdown of the feudal system and the increase in travel, people are beginning to have more money and more leisure time. This has been good for business as people have begun to spend a lot of their extra time and earnings in taverns. We have become the chief alternate center of social life to the church, which doesn't sit too well with the clergy, let me tell you! Why we even have had weddings and wakes performed here presided over by itinerant priests. But that was before the church passed laws making such non-church religious events illegal.
You are welcome to look around if you like. We have a common room where you can be served food and drink. There are a few sleeping rooms upstairs if you care to stay the night. If you want to take your drink outside in the yard, there is a table there for you to sit at. If you have any horses or donkeys that need tending, you can take them to the stable out back, but watch that your horse doesn't trample the kitchen garden or the large dogs.
The ole Gryphon’s Call has been a savior to our people. Come time of war the Gryphon’s Call is a sanctuary to the people of Lashire. Maybe you will one day learn this secret, but I promise you will not find it alone. With the help of the Clergy, the Gryphon’s Call has come home to the sick and wounded as much as the church has, but most seem to trust there fellow soldiers of war more then a few snooty men in robes.
So come on down to the Gryphon’s Call, where you will not be treated as a stranger, but as family….
