Awning Portal Tavern

**The Awning Portal** is a refurbished tavern currently owned by Mariss D'Marothek, Noonan Lockheed and Tribula Cochlea on Trollskull Alley. It was formerly the Trollskull Manor. The tavern has its business hours from Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 11pm each day.

## Location

The building is located at the corner of Saerdoun Street and the north entrance of Trollskull Alley.

## Structure

The building is three stories tall, with a cellar underneath the building. The building, once refurbished, has three balconies, multiple entrances, including one on the second floor, and two chimneys.

### Interior

The ground floor, once refurbished, has a conversation pit, a large seating area, a kitchen, and a stairwell, from which the cellar could be accessed. A large back wall hosts a mosaic squid made from glass, crafted by Reverence. The upper floors contain numerous bedrooms, bathrooms and studies, most of which are inhabited.

## History

The Awning Portal (known then as the Trollskull Manor) used to be a tavern property owned by Lif, a resident of Waterdeep. For some reason, Lif passed away, and the property was no longer theirs.

Volothamp Geddarm acquired this property at some point, hearing rumors that there was some type of ghost or spirit inhabiting it. However, Volo was afraid of the spirit, and so never actually went into the Manor to study it.

After the rescue of Renear Neverember and Floon Blagmaar, Volothamp Geddarm gifted the purchased Trollskull Manor property to Mariss D'Marothek, Tribula Cochlea, Noonan Lockheed, Reverence and Izora de'Xvim in 1492 DR, the former three of which then signed the deed to the property, solidifying the group's ownership of the property. Moves were made to refurbish the now-ruined building.

It was quickly discovered that there was a poltergeist, named Lif, who had taken residence in the building. After many unsuccessful attempts to make conversation with it, Noonan, Rev and Tri sought advice for dealing with spirits, and made contact using an ouija board in July of 1492. LIf is now open to reason and occasionally assists the group in tavern-related tasks.

Several people began to reside in the tavern at the party's behest. Most notably were both Mariss and Tri; the former of which being a vacationer and seeking less costly lodgings, and the latter being virtually homeless. Additional residents are Krentz, Pog, Loreloth and Krebbyg Masq'il'yr, all of whom are in hiding from the respective underground organizations they defected from.

The Trollskull Manor property, now renamed to "the Awning Portal", a parody on Durnan's Yawning Portal, was refurbished with the financial assistance of Mirt the Money-Lender, who promised 10,000 dragons for assistance in return for a small sum of profit. Over the course of the week, the destroyed tavern was rebuilt and reimagined in the creative image of the party. On the week of July 26th, the construction was finished, just in time for Mariss D'Marothek to host an opening party that day.

The Awning Portal was attacked the night of July 26th, 1492, by Tylan Ilueph and Lorath Pharn, who sought to kidnap Krebbyg Masq'il'yr without the knowledge of any of the residents. When the Bregan D'aerthe mages were discovered by Lif the Poltergeist, they were murdered by Lif, Mariss, Tri, Noonan, Krebbyg and Rev, who fought in self-defense.

## Inhabitants

By July of 1492, the list of inhabitants were the following:

* the Awning Portal Poltergeist, Lif, who haunts the first floor;
* Mariss D'Marothek, who lives in the third floor master bedroom;
* Krebbyg Masq'il'yr, who at current lives in the third floor master bedroom with Mariss, or in the third floor north bedroom with Loreloth, Krentz and Pog;
* Tribula Cochlea, who sleeps in the second floor west bedroom;
* Cupcake, who sleeps in the second floor west bedroom;
* Krentz and Pog Ger, who lives in the third floor north bedroom;
* and Loreloth, who lives in the third floor north bedroom.

Former inhabitants were;

* Izora de'Xvim, who lived in the attic bedroom. She was sentenced to life in prison on July 24th, 1492 DR for murder of a guardsman.