5 The Last Resort

The Last Resort is the finest hotel in town. It overlooks the Marina and one of the most scenic vistas of Freeport Harbor. The main lobby is open to the air during the pleasant seasons, only shuttered up during the rainy season or for hurricanes.

History
A friendly and well-mannered family of halflings led by its patriarch Bobbin Brandydale operates the Last Resort. The Brandydales have overseen the operation of this establishment since its founding shortly after the Fountain of Fortune was installed in the Plaza of Gold. They are well known, not only for their legendary hospitality but also for their discretion. What happens inside the walls of the Last Resort stays within those walls—at least if the Brandydales have anything to say about it.

Description
The Last Resort is an expansive, beautifully designed manor house overlooking the sea, with many windows and balconies. While it may seem open and airy, it is in fact one of the most well guarded places in the city. The hotel employs over twenty guards, and many of the residents keep their own personal bodyguards on the premises with them.

Inside the heavily guarded walls, the Last Resort features elegant, lavishly appointed rooms and luxurious living. Prices range from the merely expensive for a private room to utterly exorbitant for a full suite. Each room is decorated only with items of the highest quality and the latest styles. The wealthy from all around the region literally flock to the place as one of the most exclusive getaways around. The fact that Freeport still has a rough-and-tumble reputation only adds to the allure, especially among aristocrats who like to slum with real cutthroats—while closely watched by their bodyguards, of course. In reality, few of the hotel’s guests ever wander outside of the Merchant District.

Prominent NPCs
Bobbin Brandydale: Bobbin Brandydale has been the manager of the Last Resort for more than twenty years. He’s seen it all, he likes to boast—but only in the comfort of his own quarters, talking to his closest family members. In public, he is the soul of discretion, and does almost anything to protect the privacy and comfort of his guests. That includes illegal and immoral acts, if needs be, and his guests know it—and pay richly for that extra level of service. Decades of covering up for the rich and powerful have left their mark on Bobbin, who feels little pity or empathy for those disadvantaged by his guests’… little accidents. It would take a great deal to shock Bobbin’s sense of outrage back to life—and take very little, perhaps, to deaden his conscience to the point where he becomes as monstrous as some of his patrons.

Lady Sylvia Reinmark: The rooms in the Last Resort are literally fit for a king, and visiting royalty of all sorts have stayed here over the centuries—not all of their own free will. In fact, there is one ruler currently residing in exile in the hotel. Lady Sylvia Reinmark, a former Baroness in the Mark, fled to Freeport ahead of a revolutionary mob. While no longer in charge of her ancestral homelands, she managed to abscond with enough of the country’s treasuries to live out her banishment in style. Lady Sylvia has been a guest at the Last Resort for nearly ten years now, and has no plans to ever leave Freeport, which is not to say that she’s not getting bored. She welcomes novelty and excitement, and may pay adventurers to tell her of their exploits. She may also be prepared to hire agents to protect her interests; some of the rhetoric coming from Libertyville reminds her of the revolutionaries of her homeland, and the last thing she wants is to be rousted from her place of safety.

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