Toke Inn
Type: Coastal inn / way-station Region: Sword Coast, near Leilon (between Waterdeep and Neverwinter) Owner: Jorry Tolk First Appearance: Session 001
Description
A small coastal inn just outside Leilon. The party makes their way here on the evening of their first meeting at the shrine and the inn quickly becomes their de facto base of operations. By session 005 the party leaves the inn under Jorry's care with Holy Water and salves to mind Roz and Dorrin Stonefish; by session 029 the party has returned often enough that they're escorted into the deepest parts of the tunnel system below by Rhovan himself.
Layout (as discovered)
- Main floor: Common room, kitchen, the usual.
- Upper floor: Guest rooms (Talon's room is here as of session 003 — minotaur tears the wall off mid-attack).
- Basement: Houses Jorry's old hidden chest of adventuring gear (emptied by Rhovan before session 001). Also where the rats came from.
- Sub-basement / secret cellar: Where Jorry's old gear was stored; revealed in session 029.
- Tunnels Beneath the Toke Inn: Entered via a trapdoor below the basement. Carved with Baphometian runes. Leads, after considerable distance, to:
- the cave where the Cult of Baphomet performs werewolf-transformation rituals (session 002),
- the well chamber where KeYs recovered Falkor's egg (session 002),
- a wererat den (session 029),
- a chamber centered on a black obsidian spire ringed by Grimlocks (session 029),
- a deep cliff drop, a lake at the base of a 500-foot waterfall, and four monoliths bearing bestial runes (session 030),
- a chamber holding a Rat Queen impaled on an obsidian spike — and a dormant Netherese portal (sessions 031–032).
Significant Guests / Residents (introduced session 001)
- Jorry Tolk (innkeeper)
- Rhovan Tolk (his son)
- Roz (member of the household)
- Dorrin Stonefish
- Finbar "Pipe" Halloway
- Samrick
- Talon Ashcraft
Later Guests (referenced in session 003)
- Gorrin Ironhelm
- Tracksy Tina + Gizmo
- Garrick Stonefish
- Joss Skalen
Status Updates by Session
- Session 028 — Blight overrun. The party returns to the Toke Inn morning of November 18th and finds it gravely wounded. Smoke from the chimney; nobody at the door. Viggo Ironheart and two of his sell-swords are encountered in the yard as Blighted Zombies. Inside: a local farmer dead in the common room, a body slumped into the well, most of the rookery's ravens Blighted, Jorry sick and self-quarantined in the rookery, Rhovan revealed as a Wererat by the hearth. 20+ more zombies approach from the road and are dispersed by Ubys's Turn Undead (15+ broken; 5 fought down). After session 028 the inn is structurally held but no longer a safe rest stop.
- Session 032 — The first Blight cure. Returning from the Rat Queen Chamber with the Grey-Flame Torch (taken from the dead Grey-Robed Order expedition), the party takes a Long Rest at the inn before riding for the auction. Ubys climbs the rookery and pairs the grey flame with his healing magic to cure Jorry of the Blight. The cure nearly kills Jorry; he falls into a coma to recover. Rhovan's consent was given on the way up. The party rides out at first light (see session 033).