Gondalim’s

'''Gondalim's''' is an inn in Trades Ward, Waterdeep.

This large, comfortable old inn stands in the angle where Winter Path and Burnt Wagon Way both meet with the High Road. It'’s a worn but comfortable place, and because of its massive construction, it’s also very quiet. You’ll seldom hear noises from other guests at night.

Rooms vary from 2-7 gsp/night, depending on the size and amenities. The top-priced rooms are actually large suites, sleeping up to 10 people in comfort. In all cases, stabling and dawn-fry - —or morningfeast, as they call it more formally here -— are included. In all, it is a nice place to stay and very central.

When crossing the lobby between the room stairs and the dining room, observant visitors may see a dark stain on the door leading to the kitchens—-as if something spattered against it just above halfway up and ran down it to the floor. The stain isn’'t poor housekeeping. Some 70 winters ago, the princess Shaerglynda of Tethyr was murdered on that spot.

She died from a swordthrust that pinned her to the door—-and the dark stain was left by her life’'s blood. It can'’t be cleaned away and it never fades or disappears. Even when the door is replaced—-and it has been, at least twice—-the bloodstain slowly reappears by itself.