The Lazy Cockatrice (Hex 0203)
Area-4: The Kitchen
The Kithen of the Lazy Cocktrice includes mny shelves of neatly organized ingrediants in clay jars, barrels, and bins maintained with neurotic precision. A coal brazier under a huge cauldron, and an iron-topped wood stove both go constantly, and the windows are usually kept open to keep the temperature managable.
Iris Ardin, Gerald Ardin's wife is the mistress of the kitchen. A woman with a gift for organization, she keeps a slate and chalk in her apron with an ever-changing to-do list current. She has bounldess energy, and seems to be unable to sit still. Her speech is fast, and she doesn't care to converse with anyone except to instruct the staff. In fact, the moment she sits down in the evening she tends to fall fast asleep.
What Iris Wants
- To have the Inn run as smootthly as possible.
- To make sure both her familt and the guests have a full belly.
- To feel like she has used each day well.
What Iris Doesn't Want
- To sit still
- To chit-chat idly
- To waste time on indecision
What Else?
- Iris secretly keeps a shrime ot Serra, the goddes of house and hearth in the family catacombs. She often makes offerings to it in the middle of the night. She thinks the gods still have something to offer Man.
- Iris wants to see her daughters married to men with ambition. She keeps a careful eye on young male patrons who seem to have it together.
- Iris is a born leader, but aside from raising her children, has never had much chance to put it to the test.
Iris is assisted by her younger daughter Flora (Age 13), who is a terrible cook, but an excellent baker of cookies, cakes, breaad, and pastry. this has created a happy division of labor in the kitchen, but ocasionally erupts inot a battle wen Iris insists Flora learn to cook traditional meat and vegetable dishes.
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