Soot and Swill

The Soot and Swill is a tavern located in the Smolder Spire of Jrusar.

Description
The tavern is in slight disrepair, and its originally burnt umber wood has been blackened over time and through use. It has a long bar and many tables, with a kitchen behind the bar and designated servers. The clientele is described as working-class people, some likely from a mining operation, who visit during breaks or on a day off.

The kitchen of the tavern has a hidden door which leads to a small room that is used for food storage and as a hideout for Artana Voe.

The party entered to quietly gather information about the whereabouts of Artana to question her about Gurge Kisgregg. Ashton purchased a pricy Elvish wine as repayment for their past tavern shennanegans with the help of Fearne, who plucked and presented the earing she stole from a Pachydan that Ashton had stolen from her.

Fresh Cut Grass inferred that useful information hid in the kitchen, inspiring Chetney to scout it out invisibly. He discovered a secret entrance. Once told, Fearne flushed the chef from the kitchen by ordering a meal and requesting to pay him a compliment, and Fresh Cut Grass distracted Preio with a party trick. Dorian, Orym, Ashton, and Chetney crept through the hidden entrance and encountered Artana. The four left with their lives and a few morsels of information in exchange for a staggering sum of money. To prevent Chef Pretty from reentering the kitchen and discovering them, Imogen successfully proposed a date with him for once he finished his shift.

Trivia

 * In its first mention in, it was misnamed as the "Sit and Swill".