The Lazy Cockatrice: Area-28: The Dormitory

The Lazy Cockatrice (Hex 0203)

Area-28: The Dormitory

Most of the uppermost floor of The Lazy Cockatrice serves as a dormitory for less affluent customers such as teamsters, caravan guards, grooms, servants, etc. Over the years Gerald and his father reduced the number of hammocks and added in curtained cubicles so that even the poorest guest has a modicum of privacy and comfort.

Each of the sixteen cubicles has a candle in a holder, chamber pot, trunk, hammock, clay mug, and blanket.

A set of water jugs at one end can be filled from a large beater pot that is kept filled by the staff of the Inn. At the Northeastern corner a shelf of old books, cards, dice, and chess sets sits next to a pair of chaise-lounges and wicker armchairs that serves as a quiet social area. No food or drink is permitted here to encourage dormitory guests to spend more time in the common room.

A cubicle costs 4cu (sp) to rent per night.

Currently, there are six guests in the dormitory:

Danin Carter, a groom and cartman who is responsible for the mules for Valmer Kalbern.  He's a perpetually glum and pessimistic young man  with shabby clothes nd sandy blond har.

Margrit Bones, a mercenary who protects Bors' wagon and wares. She's a cheerful middle-aged woman prone to dark and crass humor. She calls almost everyone "sweetie" or "darling" and keeps a pouch full of candy she hands out to people she takes a shine to. She is also, terrifyingly, a Master of Close Combat with a gift for using the crow-bill to puncture helmets and eyes. She's the only one in the Inn to have survived a Tzwa attack. 

Nace is a cheapskate merchant wo carries fine meats, fruits, and other perishables in a covered wagon. While he is no great magician, he knows how to perform two  cantrips to help keep his wares fresh.

Torg is a hulking foreign warriror from the Orlaw to the north. He serves as Nace's guard, as he owes the merchant a life debt.

Morgan is Nace's sister, a woman with a touch of faerie in her blood an a knack with animals that makes her an excellent drover. She is a strange, moony woman who tends to talk nonsense.

Toma Strand is the owner of the cart full of contraband weapons in the coach-house. He's a stern, scruffy miner-turned-merchant. He does all of the work for himself. He has a lot of family in Alil and has become a strong supporter of the separatist movements of the north, and holds the crown in contempt.