The Muddy Post

Intro

Location
The Muddy Post is one of the first buildings you come to when you approach the town from the east, sat right on Mudpost Road. It's just a short walk from the church, and furthest from Mudimpost's house, which is 15 minutes walk to the west of the tavern.

The tavern is two storeys tall - the ground floor being a bar and restaurant, and the first floor hosting the rooms for rent.

Interior
The ground floor hosts two "main" rooms, a meeting room, a bathroom, the kitchen and an entrance to the "backrooms." The main rooms host a bar, a stage for performers, and numerous tables to eat and drink at. These rooms are separated by a large fireplace. The meeting room is just that - a meeting room. It contains one long table, surrounded by chairs, and a few bookcases. The kitchen and bathroom are simple and contain the bare necessities, and only the tavern's employees, Kantor, Sandy, and Lanari have gone into the backrooms.

Atmosphere
The tavern is very cosy - there is almost always a fire going, and most of the community eat their three main meals of the day in the tavern, so it's rarely quiet. The clientele largely consists of the locals, adventurers both active and retired.

Services
The Muddy Post has rooms for rent - mysteriously, almost all of them being "the first room on your left" - that vary in quality. They serve three meals a day: breakfast from 4am-11am, lunch from 12pm-3pm, and dinner from 5pm-9pm. Past this point, customers can usually convince Rythe or Groz to serve up any leftovers, or even whip something up fresh if they seem desperate enough. They serve an incredibly large variety of drinks - anything that has been asked for by any given customer so far has been served up.

Prices
Customers can pay for rooms and meals separately, but it is cheaper (and recommended by the staff) to pay for the "bed and board" package, which has a cost that scales with the quality of room any given customer asks for.

Management & Staff
The tavern is owned by Nina Thornhide, a local halfling woman, who is seen as a mother-figure to her staff. Often, it is joked that she's like the mother of all adventurers in the town - despite a tough exterior, her kindness knows no bounds, as long as people follow the rules of her establishment.

Her two employees are Groz, and Rythe Brightson, who carry out a variety of duties - the tavern is small and easy to run, so they serve as bartenders, cooks, and cleaners, and still find plenty time to rest throughout the day.

Adventurers
Adventurers