Brushmoor

This Galefridish town's most distinguishing feature is its copper-shingled rooftops, some of them heavily greened with age and from lack of maintenance. Appropriately, it is nicknamed "The Copper Town."

## History

Founded as an independent mining town in 738 GD, Brushmoor retained its independence until the Battle of Aede in 812 GD, when its brief takeover by Kainic forces convinced the Lord Mayor to accept the protection of Galefridus.

## Points of Interest

### The Shrine of Bibel

This shrine is a round, limestone structure with a domical roof plated with polished copper shingles that sparkle and shine brightly in the reflected sunlight, almost giving the appearance of a small sun sitting in the midst of Brushmoor. A life-sized copper statue of a priestess stands outside on a small granite pedestal, head uplifted and arms outstretched, reaching up to the sun. A copper plaque on the pedestal reads: Bibel the Giver, Illustro of Pelor. The rectangular, oaken doors of the shrine stand open welcomingly beneath a rounded pediment upheld by limestone columns.

Within open expanse of the interior of the shrine, the floors are of polished stone. The shrine consists of one circular room, some forty feet in diameter, with a depression in the center which gradually dips down to about ten feet below ground level. This depression is achieved by circular steps that also serve as seating benches facing the center of the shrine. At this central point rises a cylindrical dais, some seven feet high and just as wide, with a narrow set of steps to climb onto it. The zenith of the ceiling is just shy of thirty feet above ground level, with a five-foot wide circular window set into it, from which a thick beam of morning sunlight shines down at an angle into the shrine. More light pours in from the numerous windows that line the walls at regular intervals, keeping the shrine lit entirely by sunlight. Yellow tapestries with white embroidery line the walls between the windows, some depicting images of Pelor, others, of Bibel.

In the dais can be found a locked door. Opening it reveals a small, circular room with a rounded, simple wooden bench inside, and a worn rug on the floor. In the ceiling has been inlayed a wide, glass window, so thick that it distorts what’s above beyond recognition, but still lets in illumination. This room serves as a private chamber in which a priest can sit with worshippers seeking guidance.

This shrine served as a secret rendez-vous point between the Disciples of Dreth'dor and the Order of Solis.

### Chief's Inn

Originally founded as Mar's Tavern in 928 GD and serving as a mainstay in Brushmoor for years, then-owner Mar upgraded her establishment into Mar's Inn in early 953 GD. In autumn of that year, after a visit from the Rainman and the Disciples of Dreth'dor, Mar's burnt down.

Mar took the opportunity to rebuild her inn larger and more extravagant, which cost her and her husband significantly and required them to take on debt that she hoped to recoup within the next couple of years. In 954 GD, however, the Lady Mayor Roana raised taxes on businesses, forcing Mar to cut costs: the inn became visibly less maintained, with only a single barkeep on duty at a time, fewer staff overall, a reduced menu. It was clear to any visitors that Mar's was going out of business. Mar was subsequently fined for operating an inn without a hitching post for horses, which proved to be the final nail in the coffin: no longer able to afford to pay her staff, Mar shut down the inn, and was desperate to sell off the property to pay her fines.

A tiefling named Chief bought the inn from Mar, and reopened the establishment as Chief's Inn.