Another Pellodian Drinking Establishment

The Wailing Ghoul (Inn) (#9/28; #40/365) 

This large inn (Good Quality) is so-named due to its proximity to the Gate of Sighs and the graveyard and necropolis beyond. Despite this, it is a pleasant establishment catering to merchants and travellers and its common room is spacious and well-lit. The inn's private sleeping chambers are likewise well-appointed; this is obviously the premier hostelry in Pellod. The landlord is Lendragbad (tall, religious), who wears a holy symbol of Hydana around their neck (in the form of a turquoise trident).

Lendragbad himself is scrupulously honest, and runs an efficient team of cooks, serving wenches and potboys; nevertheless, the location and popularity of the inn means that it is a magnet for schemes and secret plans of all sorts. While large hand and missile weapons must be left at the door with the Troll bouncer Urog (green-skinned, fat, heavily-scarred), there is no doubt much that happens at the inn gets back to various Pellodian personages through their spy networks, including Poldar Proudfist, Kalpar Silverfingers, the High Priestess Phemta, and Baron Cript himself.

There is a wide variety of food and drink available, all of it of good quality at higher than normal prices. The house special is sarul, a type of large Barracuda, caught fresh daily, fried in garlic, and garnished with black sauce and hot peppers; one dish will feed four people. Many good wines are also available, including Spirits of Ra, Libra's Truthtongue, Zaragillia's Clearsight and Crimson Leonar (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 55), while one of the more popular ales is Holdgut's Special Blue (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 59). As Lendragbad is a religious man, gambling games are played discretely in a backroom for high stakes, usually involving dice or cards.