The Coin. Even from the other side of the street, he could hear the noises drift out, carried by a non-existent breeze and people’s need to shout to be heard over all others. Crossing the road, he scaled the short flight of stairs and entered. What was an echo outside slammed into him full force here, assaulting his ears. Laughter, budding disagreements that would be settled on the pavement, cheers, conversations drowning in waves of ruckus and a small group of bards playing music few could hear.
Weaving between people scattered throughout the room, he watched them all but made note of few. Two men who looked seasoned and worn sat in a darkened corner, nursing a tankard each while sharing what could only be grim stories akin to those veterans churned on about after a drink too many. In another corner, a few people surrounded a pair in the middle of a card reading. The reader looked eerily familiar in the way she caressed the ancient cards as she explained them. A girl, too blonde not to be a liar, lay draped over a male at the bar. The man’s fat coin-purse could easily explain it, and his drunken smile as he listened to whatever words she spoke into his ear.
Pushing in beside them, he slid a silver coin across the stained bartop and shouted his order to the willowy woman on the other side. Taking it, she flipped it between her fingers to study the surface before turning to an armour clad man looming beside the entrance to the kitchen. Their eyes met and the girl nodded. Waved over, he escaped the tavern to a place that took a little more than a thirst and a want for company to enter.
Day: Wednesday
Time: 9pm - 11pm Server Time
Location: Wayfarers Inn
Faction: Horde
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https://tinyurl.com/y9usjur8Contact: Theolaín / Theolain
Theolain Nor’danel is proud to announce that the Merchant’s Last Coin is open for business in Wayfarers Inn. Hours of operation are between 9pm and 11pm, on Wednesdays. The bar is open to all, and will feature an upstairs area for private functions, staff members, and those whose business has a need for discretion. We plan to facilitate (rather than offer outright) events within the bar, itself and the upstairs rooms.
Where it is indeed a legit business, offering all the things one can expect from a tavern – subtly watered out booze doled out by bar staff, entertainment, and company in friends or complete strangers – it also poses as a front for the much more profitable dealings going on in Silvermoon’s alleys and underground. A much darker business is weaved behind the friendly facade, where the Coin merely serves as an entry point, for those seeking and willing to dabble in involvement, and for the rest; good ale and a shared word.
Smuggling and selling prohibited goods, thievery and fencing, espionage and trade of information, and other such skill-sets not spoken of too openly are handled by people from all walks of life. Some are merely associates, buyers or sellers, while others are more involved through employment.
While running a bar and an inn is profitable business in itself, the real money-making happens behind closed doors and in quiet phrasings. Keeping a tight lid on their activities, subtlety and secrecy is a must to even get close to dealing with Theolain and his crew. Where most career criminals are hardened goons relying more on intimidation and violence, the cogwheels in Nor’danel’s operation churns smoother with a cunning mind and sly manipulation.
One can’t make money off dead people, and leaving bodies floating around rouses suspicion. Constantly working to remain off the Guard’s and other lawful instances’ radar, violent assaults and deaths are frowned upon and all ties will be severed if this is something that occurs frequently. Likewise are gossip, boast and wagging tongues something that fails to benefit this establishment and those discussing confidential matters where anyone can hear it will soon find themselves out in the cold.
Seeking to build a network of contacts, contractors, and providers, there is no requirement to join their crew to work with them. One-time deals can easily be struck, as can loose and mutually beneficial relationships when and if the need for either’s service arrives.
As a community initiative and integral part of the guild’s cover in character,[Oath of Silver] hosts tavern nights. We do not, in any way, claim in-character ownership of the tavern, nor will we refuse anyone else playing the same concept we will always try and cooperate and work with and around other players. Any items served will not be in-game items or GHI items, and will exist purely in the form of emotes. As will any coin changing hands. This is to both facilitate the Blizzard Realm Rules and to make it easier for people to get involved and offer a wider selection for the imagination.
The goal with the tavern beyond the legal front for the guild’s criminal theme is to provide a new venue for RPers. It goes without saying that while tavern RP can be bundles of fun, clandestine settings are even more so. The tavern serves as a legal business to front the shadier work as well as providing an excellent place to pick up RP and make connections. It’s a sad fact that the Silvermoon City inn fails to meet the same wants for a bar-setting and that Falconwing Square is deemed too far away, which is why this was our location of choice after testing all other options. Almost six years in, it has been working well with minimal obstruction.
