However, their claim to fame and what sets them truly apart
is the Centaur Pressing. This bubbly wine appears in the shop on the first day
every three months. There are only ever 100 bottles of the wine, they are
priced very high and they are gone usually in a day. Wine connoisseurs, and
even those with nothing but a taste for alcohol, claim this is the finest wine
ever produced. People are willing to pay almost any price for a bottle and do
so happily. The owner of the Wine Shrine, Pe’re Caville, has to date refused to
reveal where he gets the wine. All anyone knows is that the week before the day
of the sale he heads out with a wagon full of empty bottles and then he
reappears the day before the sale with a wagon full of the wine.
The truth of the mysterious wine is that Pe’re was once an
adventurer, the cleric for a group called the Special League. During one of
their adventures they came across the Bloody Eye goblin tribe. This tribe was
fairly weak and hurriedly offered to pay the adventurers off to make them go
away. In the pay-off was a bottle of wine they had made. It was absolutely
fabulous. Sometime soon thereafter the Special League split up (due to a romantic
triangle that ended bitterly) and Pe’re decided to retire from the dangers of
adventuring. Not sure what to do he thought again about the Bloody Eye tribe
and their wine. Seeking them out he negotiated buying the wine they had made
and he resold it in town. People wanted more. So he again went to the goblin
tribe and came back with more. And that sold just as fast and for a higher
price. Since then, Pe’re decided to open the Wine Shrine selling a variety of
wine and the occasional sale of Centaur Pressing. And the name, Centaur
Pressing? Pe’re decided to direct people’s attention away from goblins as the
source of the wine by making them think centaurs are somehow involved in its
production. So far, it’s worked.
Pe’re Caville
Pe’re has managed to stay in shape from leading a fairly
regimented lifestyle that he carried over into his retirement. The only
indication that he is getting older is his receding hairline. Pe’re is enjoying
his semi-retirement. Other than procuring the Centaur Pressing he does little
of the day-to-day management of the Wine Shrine. The rest of the time he
frequents taverns, shows and other entertainments. And when there is nothing
exciting going on in town he likes to go fishing, a hobby he has recently
picked up.
Adventure Ideas
-Pe’re Caville is looking to hire some guards on his next
trip to gather the Centaur Pressing as he fears a more violent attempt will be
made to follow him to his source. The characters are hired to keep him safe and
then wait for him as he goes on alone. After the trip is made successfully
(after fighting off a couple of ambushes) the characters are offered money by a
rival merchant to reveal everything they know about the trip.-Pe’re Caville comes to the characters with an unusual request. There has been an uprising in the number of attacks from local orcs and goblins. Local authorities have called a hunt on them and are offering bounties. Pe’re knows the Bloody Eye Tribe is not involved. Pe’re wants the characters to deal with the other orc and goblin attackers and to make sure that the Bloody Eye Tribe is kept safe from other adventurers.
List of Wines by Race
This can be used in an
encounter where you want to add in a bit more flavor. They can be served when
in a racial community or found as part of a treasure.
Fiery Red Dragonborn
Husk Harvest Dragonborn
Foundry Grape Dwarf
Special Reserve Mead Dwarf
West Wind Assemblage Elf
Leaf Whisper Preserve Elf
Apple Appellation Halfling
Sparkling Burst Halfling
Robust Premier Human
Grand Dry Human
Fermented Growth Gnome
Moonberry Wine Gnome
Black Grape Orc
Ever Red Orc
Dark Amber Tiefling
Shadowberry Wine Tiefling
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