The Unloading Bay

Location Vi

Inn and tavern in the Gold Market, Vi-Upper. Polished edges, taller ceiling, frequented by better-dressed citizens. Run by a tall gnome at the front counter.

Areska Vell uses it as her primary meeting point — "go in, have a seat, ask for me." The party met with Areska and Rynna of the Broken Chain here in Sessions 5 and 9. A suspicious elf sat outside before disappearing, leaving papers with a Soot & Ash smudge.

In Session 10 it also becomes Brixton's quiet staging ground: a private room for his call home, a waiting place before the 8:00 PM meeting, and the point everyone is trying to return to once their split-party errands end.

In Session 11 it is where Areska debriefed the party on the Blackmire Tannery evidence — identifying the scorching-ray vials and recognizing Crownseal Warehouse Nine as the next target. Also where Brixton was already drinking when the session opened, and where the party planned the warehouse infiltration before heading to Crownspire.