The Broken Axle Waystation
Built as an Imperial tax station a century ago, the building was largely destroyed during a border war and has since served as a skeletal shelter for caravans.
The Broken Axle Waystation
Overview
History
Built as an Imperial tax station a century ago, the building was largely destroyed during a border war and has since served as a skeletal shelter for caravans.
Quirks
The stone walls are stained with old soot and local superstition suggests that whistling inside the ruin attracts the attention of the highwaymen.
Rooms and services3
- The Sunken CellarRefugeA damp but structurally sound stone basement that provides total cover from ranged attacks and a place for the wounded to rest.
- Improvised BarricadesFortificationStacks of heavy oak furniture and broken wagon wheels placed across the main entrance to slow intruders.
- Iron Cook-PotUtilityA large soot-stained cauldron hanging over the central fire pit, used for communal cooking and heating wash water.
People
The keeper and 3 patronsKeeperSilas Vance Human fighter, level 3
Frightened PassengerElara Miller A young woman traveling to the city for work who is clutching a heavy iron key to her chest.
Wealthy MerchantMaster Barnaby Pompous and demanding, he insists his silk bolts are worth more than the lives of the guards.
Ex-SoldierKaelen of the Marches Quiet and observant, he is currently teaching the party how to properly hold a pitchfork for defense.
Keeper's Species
Human
Intrigue
What locals say
Travelers say the Broken Axle is cursed because the ground is too hard to bury the dead properly, so spirits of past victims linger in the shadows.
Plot hooks
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