[Gauls]

"Oh sure, you should know that us elven-kind have a healing touch almost naturally. May I?"

The esh’lahier turned to face Malkaer then slowly lifted the wrapping around his head. As the burn mark appeared the esh’lahier muttered: "Marked". His usual stoic face shown some surprise, some pleasantry almost before returning to his plain non-expression face.

"Ah, it appears to be nothing a little herb can't remedy. I know you probably have been through some rough beginnings here and so let's get that brew before we start playing with that nasty wound. You know that Orckon's "Angry Brew" is famous for taking away pain."

The esh’lahier turned away from Malkaer and started to walk eastward. He looked back over his right shoulder and added; "My name's Rol'aer by the way."

Rol'aer motioned for Malkaer to follow him as he led the way along the south side of the Great Hall Enclosure to the Beer Tent District...

Just east of the Great Hall Enclosure is an odd collection of structures scattered atop a small, plateau. This plateau is the entertainment center of the city and is named after the largest and most important structure on it, the Beer Tent. Ragged tents and dilapidated wood structures circle a larger, more elaborate stone and wood structure sitting directly in the center of the plateau. Goblin squatters have made temporary homes all over the plateau. These squatters simply sit in one spot and create a small fire to stay warm until the Pardahun Votar shoo them away. In the meantime, they scavenge, steal, and squabble over scraps of food or a silver or two a passing orc or other may throw at them (more to try striking them than out of sorrow for them).

The ragged shacks around the main structure are private inns and food/entertainment shops. The main structure is known as the Beer Tent. This is the main spot in the city where one can meet and blow off a little aggression. This tavern hosts a variety of clients from every social class above and below ground. There are several small rooms built into the side of the structure where one can mingle without being mobbed by drunken orc warriors. The Beer Tent is a rough place but if one keeps his head down, weapon at the ready, he may just find others in decent spirits and a break from the ever-present violence of the city.

The lower half of the walls are build of stone and the upper halves and roof of wood. There is one bar immediately on the right as you enter. Several wood tables and chairs are lined up around a small pit (a small version of the main pit in the west of the city) in the center of the room. Orcs yell and laugh at the orcs that play orkish games within the pit while they eat and drink large amounts of alcohol.

As you enter the Beer Tent, only a couple orcs look up and notice that you have entered. The others are far too entertained to pay you any mind. On the right wall is a long bar with stools. One orc is passed out on a stool with his head lying on the bar. Behind the bar is a busy-looking orc. The owner and barkeep is an old orc named Phlog. Phlog is nasty and brutish even by orkish standards. It is said that working for him is worse than working on the work crews.

Female orcs emerge from the back rooms some being escorted by clients, others have their hands full of plates stacked with meat and mugs of orkish ale. The females deliver their loads and speak sexually to the orc clients in the room.

This was probably exactly what Malkaer had envisioned what an orkish tavern would look like. A rowdy place teeming with the seedy types one would expect to find in the back-alleys of Aelyria Prime. This was the social norm however in Orckon and acting any other way would put ones own safety at risk.

:Pointing to the left:
"You may find a place to sit over there somewhere while I go speak to the 'keep about those brews. If you must speak to someone, make sure he is not an orc otherwise, keep to yourself. If anyone knew that you were not a natural here, they would try to take advantage of you."

A sparkle in the eye and a brief smirk and Rol'aer left Malkaer's side to go over to the bar.