The Four Hogs

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This tavern is one of many on the streets of Juno, but happens to be the local hangout for the party. It's a mid level bar and tavern, privately owned by Duffe McWeighlyn. While originally not an exceptional bar, the party's presence has brought nothing but prosperity, particularly after the party saved the royalty from an undead incursion.

Design

Layout

The Four Hogs is seperated into a tavern and an inn, neither particularly large but both adequet for what they do. The inn is located solely on the bottom floor in a fairly large and open area of the building. The inn shares both the first and second stories.

• Tavern

About midsized, holding approximately 20-30 people, the tavern is designed mostly for a casual evening. The service bar fills only a small corner and most of the room is round tables and wallside bars. There is no stage in the tavern, but a table or two is usually put up for performances by the party. Duffe usually mans the bar, with his daughter and a few hirees working the tables and the kitchen. The furnishings aren't very high class, but include a few tapestries on the walls and cloth adding color to the scene. Duffe also keeps the bar exceptionally clean, preffering to promote his tavern as a place common folk can visit without having to deal with the problems of most bars. This is especially important because people who stay at the inn need to feel comfortable getting their breakfast at The Four Hogs, so it has to be presentable. As such, Duffe has a guard named Duke who keeps the place calm. Most of the regulars know him, and anyone who causes trouble usually meets him before the night is over. Interestingly enough, Duke doesn't act like a bouncer. If you didn't know him, you would think he is just another patron, except that he's there all the time.

• Inn

The rooms of The Four Hogs are all of mid quality or better. Keeping with the standards Duffe holds the tavern to, five of the six rooms are at mid quality and the remaining room is a quality suite. Each room has a covered hay bed, chest for personal belongings, window and an armoire. The suite has a large, luxury bed with a chest, armoire, dresser, two windows, and a personal water pump. Each room is serviced once a day and is part of the cost of the room. There is also a bathroom on the first floor that all the rooms share. The rooms each have a simple lock that is the same as the chest in the room, and Duffe keeps an extra copy of each. He's never had a serious problem of people not returning the keys, although people do forget sometimes. As such, he always reminds the tenants before they leave, just to be sure.

Landscape

There isn't much of a landscape around the building that is the Four Hogs. No lawns or gardens to speak of. Only a moderate view out the back and a packed dirt road in front.

Surroundings

The area around The Four Hogs is primarily personal buisnesses and residential. People tend to run buisnesses out of their homes, so the trend of the region is pretty quiet. Well, it is quiet until performances run late. Sometimes the neighbors complain, but they usually don't mind. That is particularly why Duffe preffers the party's entertainment. The neighbors actually consider it a free service rather than a nuisance, and happy neighbors make a good buisness and home for Duffe and his family. Besides, if he's to live there then it might as well be a place worth living at.

History

The Four Hogs doesn't have a highly notable history, at least not compared to the rest of the city. Its the modest buisness of a modest man and has seen its fair share of success. Buisness has been booming since the party made it their hangout however. Things got particularly busy after the city was freed from the undead insurgents. Word spread that the party spends time at The Four Hogs, and Duffe has had his fair share of tales to tell and customers to serve. Many people have made that their hangout in the hopes of catching a moment with the party.

Influence

Until recently, the Four Hogs had no influence in the city. Now however, Duffe's retold stories are legends to many city dwellers. Obviously dramatized, he tells the stories of the party and their acheivements thus far. Its a small influence, but the people make the city after all.