Trollskull Manor

A Nu Start Inn is a bar owned and operated by the Player Characters in Waterdeep's North Ward, in Trollskull Alley.
Target opening day: Ches 19th, the Spring Equinox/Fey Day
== Approach Description ==
Trollskull Manor looks like a haunted house. A high-roofed, turreted building with multiple floors and balconies, it is all too easy to believe the horror tales from Nat, Jenks, & Squiddly. With a little hope, you can see a stately manor beneath the decay. But it's going to be a lot of work.
== Fixing Up Trollskull Manor ==
* Poltergeist: how do PCs deal with Lif?
* Repairs: (419gp total)
** Windows: Guild of Glassblowers, Glaziers, and Spectacle-Makers (150gp)
** Sign: Guild of Fine Carvers (10gp)
** Furniture/Structural: Carpenters', Roofers', and Plasterers' Guild (259gp)
* Staff
** Bartender
** Barbacks
** Cook
** Cleaning is outsourced
== Regulars/Occupants/Notable Characters ==
* Lif, the poltergeist half-elf who used to own it
* Nat, Jenks, & Squiddly, three friendly street urchins who used the manor as a clubhouse
== Guild Relations ==
* Services:
** Launderer's Guild (10gp/year)
** Dungsweeper's Guild (25gp/year)
** Loyal Order of Street Laborers (10gp)
** Stablemasters' and Farrier's Guild (10gp)
* Suppliers
** Fellowship of Innkeepers (Broxley Fairkettle, p41)
** Vintners', Distillers', and Brewers' Guild (Hammond, p41)
** Guild of Butchers (Justyn Rassk, p41))
== Staff ==
* Skit (barback). Gambling problem, scatterbrained
* Leona the Third (cook). Specializes in Russian cooking, like borscht
* Aries (bartender). Bernie Sanders–esque character
* Gnomes from the Scarlet Marpenoth
== History == 
Owned by Ulkoria Stonemarrow. She sold the tavern to go adventuring.
Sold to a family of shield dwarves. They fell on hard times and sold it to a woman named Arissa Mirthkettle.
Mirthkettle converted the building into an orphanage. She turned out to be a hag who was cooking and eating the children.
The building was then abandoned for several years, haunted by its horrible reputation.
A half-elf named Lif took over the building and converted it back into a tavern.
Lif was killed in a terrible accident 40 years ago when one of the support beams on his ale casks broke and collapsed on top of him.
A couple named the Morleys bought the property and attempted to reopen it, but the haunting of the property combined with the economic recession which preceded Lord Dagult becoming Open Lord saw them go bankrupt.
The property changed hands several times, but with no serious efforts to occupy it.
A small halfling clan named the Curlbottoms bought the property around 1476 DR. They didn’t reopen the tavern, using the property exclusively as a residence for until 1484 DR when they moved to Neverwinter, caughter in Lord Dagult’s dream of rebuilding the city.
Most recently, Emmek Frewn attempted to purchase the property at public auction, only to be outbid by Volothamp Geddarm (who was interested in researching its “haunted history” for his next book).
Category:Locations
Category:Campaign 2