Candlekeep Inn - Roadhouse?

Permidion_Stark

I have just started a new game of Baldur's Gate and I am standing outside Candlekeep Inn and it has suddenly occurred to me that I am about to go into the tavern to buy a sword. What kind of establishment is Winthrop running? I've been into a few rough places in my time but I have never yet been into a pub where they sell weapons at the door.

Tresset

Lol, that never occurred to me before! Isn't Candlekeep supposed to be relatively isolated and peaceful compared to the rest of the area? Feldpost's Inn also sells weapons, but they are described as trophy items.

Balrog99

Permidion_Stark said:

I have just started a new game of Baldur's Gate and I am standing outside Candlekeep Inn and it has suddenly occurred to me that I am about to go into the tavern to buy a sword. What kind of establishment is Winthrop running? I've been into a few rough places in my time but I have never yet been into a pub where they sell weapons at the door.

It's the only place in the realms where the weapons are as clean as an even arse!

tbone1

He's really Patrick Swayze in disguise.

Shikao

That's just Baldur's Gate Logic to you =P

PaulaMigrate

Winthrop may not be what he claims to be.

In the modded EET playthrough I finished recently, some of his background was revealed. He is a Harper as well, he oversees Imoen's childhood but he also watches everything that goes on in Candlekeep and around. The disguised innkeeper is the eyes and ears of Gorion and friends, he sees and hear because everyone sooner or later passes through his inn and he picks up every rumour in the region. In my game in a later part he also had information about Imoen's background.
Noted, that all of this is mod-added contents, but the whole story and how you learn about it, fit right into the game.

UnderstandMouseMagic

It's not just an inn though is it?
No other shops, isolated location, one business established for all the locals' needs.

Years and years ago a local pub I knew in the countryside had an attached shop. It had an "off licence" for alcohol but it also sold milk, sweets, food stuffs, household goods, ect. It made good business sense. You had to ring a bell or go to the bar to get one of the staff to serve you in the shop.

DrHappyAngry

The best explanation I can come up with is somebody used the weapons to pay their bar tab, and that's how he accumulated an arsenal over the years.

tbone1

Aha! Hey @UnderstandMouseMagic I think we have it! Remember when you were asking why Imoen would become a thief? It's because Winthrop is a fence!

Man, is this game's plot thorough and well thought out.

UnderstandMouseMagic

tbone1 said:

Aha! Hey @UnderstandMouseMagic I think we have it! Remember when you were asking why Imoen would become a thief? It's because Winthrop is a fence!

Man, is this game's plot thorough and well thought out.

Of course Winthrop is a fence. I usually play as thief (at least at the start, why do you think I'm so antagonistic towards Imoen, she's muscling in on my turf). It's how he gets away with, (every single time), buying the star sapphire which you nick from his guests.

He has contacts...say no more....unless you want a visit from the "boys"....or want to wake up cuddling Nessie's head....or want to find out how to type with no fingers........
Candlekeep Inn is a veritable den of iniquity.
Winthorp is the big man on campus, cross him at your peril.
You think he's joking.........how little do they know

tbone1

He also played the lead in several naughty French postcards. *tips hat to the late Spike Milligan*

UnderstandMouseMagic

tbone1 said:

He also played the lead in several naughty French postcards. *tips hat to the late Spike Milligan*

How clean was his ar......no I can't go there.

tbone1

UnderstandMouseMagic said:

tbone1 said:

He also played the lead in several naughty French postcards. *tips hat to the late Spike Milligan*

How clean was his ar......no I can't go there.

Ah, but you did, Eccles, you did. (Sorry, been listening to old Goon Shows lately and enjoying them immensely.)