5. Mess and Kitchen

Slovenly, filthy hall. Stiflingly hot, reeks of grease and rot. A long wooden table is flanked by wooden benches, with dirty utensils and stale food. A cook tends to 2 cauldrons bubbling on an iron range, whistling tunelessly.

• Speaking to the cook: Not too smart. Can be easily convinced that the PCs belong here, and offers them bowls of an utterly execrable stew of onions and gristle.
• Praising the stew: Cook proudly notes it suddenly became the Bishop’s favorite meal 2 years ago; he had been a strict vegetarian until then.