Gosterwick Overview

General Information

This document compiles various pieces of information regarding the town of Gosterwick, its inhabitants, services, and recent events.

Key Personalities and Services

• Torunn the Smith: A big Wiskin woman, renowned as the best smith in Gosterwick. She makes metal weapons and armor, distinguishing between Good, Fine, Balanced, and Dwarven quality. She has several apprentices, handling “The Good Stuff” herself.
• Shrine of Lucreon: A classic, three-chamber structure. The ante-cella (front) for congregation, the cella (middle) for main rituals, and the postern (back, unconnected) for administrative offices and clergy apartments. The main cultic object is a colossal granite statue of Lucreon, holding a money bag. A magical mystery causes coins dropped into an offering chest to appear in the air and fall into the statue’s bag. Clerics empty the bag nightly.
• Temple of Mitra: A circular stone structure with a portico and an impressive pediment depicting Mitra dispensing justice. Inside, a statue of Mitra holds the scales of justice, where worshippers place offerings. Apartments and bureaucratic offices are built into the wall circling the main shrine.
• Lady Alexia Basileon: An Archontean noblewoman who, about 20 years ago, moved into Gosterwick with Knights of the Azure Shield and built a keep, leading to the town’s expansion.
• Yellow Cloak Inn: A good quality inn at a reasonable price, near the Central Market. It’s a 5-story building with a 3-story addition, offering reception, lounge, common rooms (upper-class and main), guest rooms, dormitories, and stables. Cost of living is $150/week for a room and 3 meals. Staff include Margot the Red (innkeeper), Bricwine (upper-class bartender), and Helle (main common room bartender).
• The Stunned Acolyte: A much more expensive inn, catering to rich patrons where dinner is paid in gold.
• Baliff’s Truncheon: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Dripping Hog: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Rusty Gauntlet: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Old Well: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Pyrite: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Grinning Skull: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Muddy Puddle: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Three Hanged Men: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Pig and Whistle: One of Gosterwick’s taverns.
• Tasha’s Tailor Shop: Where custom embroidered patches can be commissioned for $25.
• Asrotelion: A posh wizard from the College of Cinders, an Assistant Department Head who tracked Cerbactos to Arden Vul. He seeks promotion for returning stolen tomes.
• Cerbactos: A “crazy rogue wizard” and archmage who disappeared from the College of Cinders decades ago with priceless tomes.
• Astabelon: Owner of Astabelon’s Bookstore, offering reference books like The Archontean Empire and Dickios and Janius Learn Mithric.
• Kiglon: A rescued captive who died from injuries at the temple.
• Hjalti: A rescued captive, captured by Settites in the Great Cavern, who was part of Bjorn’s party searching for Kerbog Khan. He led a failed escape attempt.
• Harold: A rescued captive who left the temple after being cared for.
• Second Chance Company: A new adventuring party composed of Geleg, Tresti, Klisko, and Samantha the Red. They were encountered at the Muddy Puddle. They reported that Plumthorn’s Halflings were defeated by the United Goblins, and the Halls of Thoth are now Upper Goblintown. They request donations for passage through their territory.

Town Overview

• History: Originally a tiny Thorcin farming village, it grew into a town of a couple thousand people after Lady Alexia Basileon established the Azure Keep 20 years ago.
• Layout: Walled keep in the northeast by a lake. Walls are mostly a dirt berm with two gatehouses. Most buildings are near the keep, with isolated buildings like stables and Arcane Practitioners’ Club. Large wooden guard houses are in empty areas.
• Services: Many for a small town: several inns, 4 full temples, small shrines, an Archontean-style bathhouse, bars, government buildings, pawn shop, money changer, banking factors, and a bookseller.
• Economy: Has the feel of a boom town, with significant money flowing into the area, drawing people to Gosterwick.