Winthrop

Winthrop is the innkeeper at the Candlekeep Inn. He is a friendly, tubby gentleman who enjoys giving Gorion's Ward some playful grief and takes pride in the clean condition of his Inn. Imoen nicknamed him Puffgutts, and mentions that he is the one who taught her about keeping out of sight and such, suggesting he was a former thief.
Withrop will still be found behind the front desk inside the inn when the party returns to Candlekeep in Chapter Six and he'll still have his witty dialogue replies. He'll be found one more time inside a small room on the second level of the Candlekeep Catacombs, although this time he's really a doppelganger in disguise. After a brief dialogue, the doppelganger will transform and attack.
When Winthrop transforms into a doppelganger, the only changes are his hit points (30) and XP (420). He also carries one item of random treasure and he'll drop the 26 .
== Dialogue ==
===Prologue===
The first time you speak to him, the reply dialogue is based upon reaction:
"Well hello there, young one! Come to visit your old pal Winthrop, have ye? Well, don't forget the 10,000 gold piece book entrance fee, as per Candlekeep custom, don'tcha know."
* 1- That is outrageous! What kind of a fool do you take me for?! Stuff your inn, and stuff your company!
::With a low reaction, Winthrop says:
::"Ever the humorless brat ye always were! It's but for the reputation of your father that I give ye endless chances to redeem yer manner. I will tolerate ye here today, but bother me not." End Dialogue.
::With a high reaction:
::"I fear ye have spent too much time around those stiff-necked monks and mistaken my attempt at humor for a serious demand. Perish the thought that I should charge for your company. Any child of Gorion is more than welcome in my inn. So, is there anything I can do for ya? Some drinks, a room to sleep, or anything to buy?"
::*1- Nothing for me right now. Winthrop: "Well, it was good speaking with you." End Dialogue.
::*2- Yes, what do you have? The Candlekeep Inn menu will open.
* 2- You always were the big kidder, Winthrop. That gets funnier very nearly every time I hear it. Well, perhaps not quite so often.
::With a low reaction, Winthrop says:
::"I shall take no offense because of your esteemed parentage, but please refrain from making jest of me in my own home. Stay as you will, as long as you like. So, is there anything I can do for ya. Some drinks, a room to sleep, or anything to buy?"
::*1- No, thank you. Winthrop: "Well, it was good speaking with you." End Dialogue.
::*2- Yes, tell me what you have. The Candlekeep Inn menu will open.
::With a high reaction:
::"Haw! Just having a bit o' fun with ye, my friend. Them monks may be walking about with poles in their nethers, but you know you are always welcome here in my sight. Gorion did well by you, he did. So, is there anything I can do for ya. Some drinks, a room to sleep, or anything to buy?"
::*1- No thanks. Winthrop: "Well, it was good speaking with you." End Dialogue.
::*2- Sure, what do you have? The Candlekeep Inn menu will open.
::Note: He seems to have told Thurston that the "book entrance fee" was 10,000 gold pieces, and he paid it! So Winthrop is not so much a big kidder as a scam artist.
* 3- I fear I do not have that kind of entry fee with me. I suppose I shall return when I do.
::With a low Reaction:
::"A charming child ye always were, but I fear ye lack the sense of humor your father and I shared. You must know that you are welcome here always. Stay as long as you will as long as ye like. So, is there anything I can do for ya? Some drinks, a room to sleep, or anything to buy?"
::* 1- Nothing for me, thank you. Winthrop: "Well, it was good speaking with you." End Dialogue.
::* 2- Sure, what do you have? The Candlekeep Inn menu will open.
::With a high Reaction:
::"I fear ye have spent too much time around those stiff-necked monks and mistaken my attempt at humor for a serious demand. Perish the thought that I should charge for your company. Any child of Gorion is more than welcome in my inn. So, is there anything I can do for ya? Some drinks, a room to sleep, or anything to buy?"
::* 1- No thanks. Winthrop: "Well, it was good speaking with you." End Dialogue.
::* 2- Sure, what do you have? The Candlekeep Inn menu will open.
::Note: "Your father" refers to Gorion, even though you are Gorion's Ward, not his son. Your parentage is a complete mystery to you until Chapter 6, and to everyone else throughout the game.
===Chapter Six===
The next time you speak to him, the reply dialogue is not based upon reaction:
"Aye, now there's the rapscallion! Set on the little wisp, now, and make every bolt count!"
* 1- Where are they? Call them off, Winthrop, I didn't do anything!
::"*sigh* I was hoping your journey into the big world might have put a better humor into ye but methinks my hopes have failed me. What have ye been up to out there, child?"
::*1- I've been trying to get to the bottom of this metal crisis. A merchant's guild is involved somehow. Iron Throne. Do you know anything about them?
::::"The Iron Throne, child... Why, there be no bigger or more dastardly mercantile consortium in all the western realms. They've been barred from Cormyr for their unsavory practices, but all it's done is make them nastier. Ye'd best steer clear of them as long as ye've still got life in ye."
::*2- Wearing out your cheap merchandise, what else?
::::"Har, ye've got a better sense of humor than I pegged ye for... That was a joke, wasn't it?"
* 2- Winthrop, you old fool! If I had an arrow for every one of these practical jokes you've played on me, I'd... I'd... I don't know, I'd have a lot of arrows! Well met, my friend.
::"Yes, ye'd run me right out of the fletching business in a flash, ye would! It's good to see your impish face again! Now fill me in on what it is ye've been doing lately."
::*1- I've been trying to get to the bottom.....
::*2- I've been adventuring, Winthrop. There's a world out there and it needs a righteous old kick in the arse every now and again, doesn't it?
::::"Spoken with the wisdom of a true fool! By the gods, I love this bastard child!"
* 3- You'll never take me alive!
::"Whoa, calm down, kiddo. That big old world has tied yer britches in a knot, han't she? It's just good old Winthrop trying to pull yer leg again... I guess having to see Gorion die like that has its effect on a kid, eh? I'll keep my jokes to myself, next time, I guess."
===Catacombs===
The doppelganger Winthrop will approach the party upon sight:
"Lost yer sense of humor, have ye? Aye, I've heard what ye've been telling all yer little friends—that ol' Winthrop has a hankerin' fer a little elven arse every now and then! Heh, come here, my pretty, and I'll soon change yer mind..."
==Candlekeep Inn==
==Gallery==
Winthrop (Prologue) BG1EE.png|Winthrop inside the Candlekeep Inn
==References==
Category:Merchants