Durstin Tallow

Durstin Tallow
300px Middle-aged and hardy.
Region:	Serbule Hills
Location:	The Tapestry Inn
Beast Speak:	Yes
Vendor

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Welcome to the Tapestry Inn. All are welcome here. Care for a bite to eat? Wait... you're one of them vagrant adventurers, right? I have some work for an adventurer.

Durstin Tallow is the proprietor of the Tapestry Inn, the only half-decent place to eat in the Serbule Hills region. His now-deceased wife Samantha was an artist. He frequently mentions his fond memories of her.

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What can I do for you today?

So where's all the tapestries, anyway?

The wife died, so I sold 'em. Never liked the damned things, they just collected dust and fleas. In fact I threw a lot of junk out. Makes for a roomier dinin' experience.

But why'd you keep the name?

You don't go changing the name of an establishment over something as minor as an interior-decor change! Anyways, mind your own business.

I'm sorry to upset you.

Good woman. Stubborn as a mule. She's how I ended up here, of all places. But that's a story for another time. Want something to eat?

What have you got?

Location

Serbule Hills

Durstin is the proprietor of the Tapestry Inn, and is found tending the counter daily. The Tapestry Inn is found just south from the portal leading to Serbule along the path.

Small Talk

• Loves Figurines Hint
• Likes Ivory Hint
• Likes Calligraphy Recipe Scrolls

Items Purchased ^[view/edit]

• Food
• Cooking Ingredients

Spending Limits ^[view/edit]

Favor Level	Cap Per Item	Weekly Pool
Neutral	50	2,500
Comfortable	50	2,500
Friends	100	5,000
Close Friends	200	10,000
Best Friends		20,000
Like Family
Soul Mates	600	30,000

Durstin's Shop

Through his inn, Durstin offers a small selection of breakfast meals, ingredients, and some common supplies.

Plain Porridge	57 councils	[Neutral]
Flatbread	56 gold councils	[Neutral]
Scrambled Egg	154 gold councils	[Neutral]
Salt	5 for 37 gold councils	[Neutral]
Flour	5 for 37 gold councils	[Neutral]
Sugar	5 for 7 gold councils	[Neutral]
Butcher Knife	250 gold councils	[Neutral]
Fuel Oil	5 for 75 gold councils	[Neutral]
Basic Vinegar	20 gold councils	[Neutral]
Fancy Vinegar	60 gold councils	[Neutral]
Expert's Vinegar	120 gold councils	[Neutral]
Vegetable Oil	25 gold councils	[Neutral]
Olive Oil	50 gold councils	[Neutral]

Quests

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What can I do for you today?

You mentioned needing an adventurer?

Yeah, I have some adventure for ya. Pays well too.

Times are hard so I've been trying to sell what I can. My friend Fitz has a buyer lined up for my wife's copy of 'Leeka and the Blade Trials'. It's just a dumb adventure novel, but it's a signed first edition. The author used to visit the inn in happier times and gave it to my wife as a gift. Trouble is, it was ripped to bits. I need you to get all the pieces back.

If it's all torn up, it doesn't sound like it'd be worth much...

Ah see, that's where it gets interesting. There's an elf in Verta who claims to have written it. But I knew the author...and she's a half human, not an elf. Hard to confuse the two! And this lying elf in Verta has lots of enemies. They're willing to pay a fortune for proof that he didn't write this book. It doesn't matter the book's condition because sages can test the ink or somethin'. But I need as much of the book as I can find.

So how did it get torn up?

[Durstin's eye twitches. He sighs.] This author was a close friend of Samantha's. Sam was very sick the last time this horn visited... sorry, I'm tryin' not to use that slur anymore. I mean this half-human. And she and I... look, I can't talk about this. And it's not important. What's important is that it's my fault.

I threatened to burn the book. You can judge me if you want, I don't care. It was the worst time of my life, watching Samantha die, and I made a lot of mistakes. I was just bluffing about burning it, honest, but her friends hid all the chapters to keep them from me.

Wow. Well, okay, how do I find the chapters?

I went through Sam's diary the other day to try and figure out who was involved in hiding it. Most of 'em have fled to safer places, but I'm hoping they left the chapters behind. I'll pay you in Councils for each chapter you find. [Click the 'favors' menu for more.]

I'll look into it.

'Leeka and the Blade Trials' Chapter 1

'Leeka and the Blade Trials' Chapter 2

'Leeka and the Blade Trials' Chapter 3

'Leeka and the Blade Trials' Chapter 4 - Requires completion of a previous chapter (1-3)

'Leeka and the Blade Trials' Chapter 5 - Requires the completion of 2 chapters (1-3)

'Leeka and the Blade Trials' Chapter 6 - Requires the completion of chapters 1-3

Favor Rewards

Durstin Tallow rewards his friends with free meals.

Reward at [Comfortable].

 

Scrambled Egg

x1

 

Bacon

x2

Reward at [Friends].

“

Thanks. Hey, somebody left these potions in the bunkhouse a while back. Didn't pay their bar tab, so I confiscated 'em. You want 'em?

 

Power Potion

x5

Training

Durstin is happy to train adventurers in the art of cooking. However, it may be easier to learn some recipes from other teachers, as Durstin is rather particular about whom he shares his knowledge.

Cooking

Fried Mycena Bites	235 councils	[Neutral]
Pork Chops with Watercress	313 councils	[Comfortable]
Clownfish Chowder	352 councils	[Friends]
Fish and Mushroom Scramble	392 councils	[Friends]
Chicken and Watercress Soup	431 councils	[Friends]
Maple Wood Chips	1044 councils	[Friends]
Cream of Mushroom Soup	470 councils	[Close Friends]
Fried Lamb Chops	470 councils	[Close Friends]
Watercress Salad	509 councils	[Close Friends]
Cedar Wood Chips	1698 councils	[Close Friends]
Pork Chops with Grape Jelly	548 councils	[Best Friends]
Candied Grapes	548 councils	[Best Friends]
Serbule-Style Lamb Chops	744 councils	[Best Friends]
Durstin's Mutton Stew	842 councils	[Best Friends]
Bland Mutton Vindaloo	901 councils	[Like Family]
Perch Fillet	901 councils	[Like Family]
Durstin's Minty Lamb Chops	1136 councils	[Like Family]
Spruce Wood Chips	4638 councils	[Like Family]

Hang Out

*Help Durstin prepare tomorrow's food (60 minutes)

15 Favor

Recipe for Scrambled Egg