Wondrously Lethal Inn of Gyvan, The

About 150 years ago, two magical crafters went in together to build an inn. This was to be a luxury inn, but all of the staff were to be magical. They weren’t people with magical skills. Instead, they were magical beings. Many were summoned creatures, while others were golems, or even more interestingly, they were magical clockwork creatures.

Such a novelty was very popular. People wanted to stay at the inn, and they were amazed and entertained by the various creatures and contraptions throughout the building. That was until a horse got spooked by a conjured groom. The startled horse reared up and clubbed at the groom, but instead hit its owner, killing him. Forever after, the inn was considered to be dangerous, no longer fabulous.

The two partners avoided being executed, but their reputations were ruined. Rather than simply close up and leave, they shut the doors of the inn and continued their research. They had so much invested in the inn, that they simply would not abandon it.

The inn still stands today. It is owned by a distant relative of the original two partners, or rather, his widow. She lives poorly in a three-flat next to the inn. The inn’s sinister reputation has brought down property values around it, and what she can charge for rent is barely enough to feed herself.