Hyphien and anyone with him check out the prices at the inns. A room at the Knot Hole is 5 sp per room per night, while staying at the Walking Tree would cost 1 gp per room per night, and three meals are served each day there at 2 sp a piece. Neither looks like an awful place to stay. There are a few human Western Empire soldiers in the general purpose room at the front of the Walking Tree, discussing something over a meal; but equally off-putting, the innkeeper at the Knot Hole has multiple scars on his face, and many on the backs of his hands, especially the right one, and has the air of one connected to criminals.
Arno decides to look for the Hog's Brew before he shacks up for the night. He heads into town, looking for the purpoted shop.
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He and anyone with him find it easily after all, partway across the city and only one street away from the main road. Much of the front of the store, including the display windows, is decked out with mystical and magical looking decorations, and in the display windows there are several stoppered glass bottles filled with brightly colored liquids and powders. This does seem to be the place.
Entering, there are a few shelves on the walls, a door to a back room, a counter behind which there are two people, and a island made up of barrels, out of which many plant-leaves are spilling. On the shelves are many more bottles, potted plants, and strange decorations. There are a couple of other people browsing the wares.
Both human men behind the counter and one of the people out and about, an elven lady, are wearing masks. The lady has a goblin-esque masks painted in bright green with war-paint like markings in navy. One man is wearing a fanged mask that looks like some sort of devil-creature. The other man is wearing cloth wrapped around his face, leaving his eyes uncovered, with a narrow black wooden mask around the eyes and sweeping back past his ears. You can hear the sound of something bubbling, and a faint whining coming from one of the flasks on a shelf.