Cillamar’s finest gambling den and house of ill repute, Myna’s Bones attracts patrons from every caste and class. Noble fops come here to flirt with danger and swagger with a sword at their side. Caravan guards come to risk a few hard-earned coins on a toss of the die and the smile of an attractive stranger. Cillamar’s thieves stalk through the crowds, lifting the purses of drunkards, while adventurers come here to have hushed meetings with agents of the underworld (and worse). Four stories of dark, smoky chambers of vice and sin, Myna’s Bones attracts the worst that Cillamar has to offer.
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The gambling house is ostensibly owned by Jeriko the Rat, but one doesn’t have to dig far to discover what most already suspect: that Myna’s Bones is operated under the watchful eyes of the Thieves’ Guild. Nearly all of the games are tilted in favor of the house, so that for every 100 gp wagered in the Bones, 65 gp end up in the house coffers. On Jeriko’s direction, exceptions are made, permitting certain customers to walk away winners, night after night. Sometimes this is done to lure in wealthy marks, and on rare occasions it is done to appease Lantern Watch captains or off-duty tax collectors. The cryptic phrase, No Percentage in Blood, is carven above the entrance to the Bones, hinting at the house’s philosophy, that there is no profit to be made in angering customers. Instead, Myna’s Bones looks to keep customers for as long as possible.
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Myna’s Bones also serves as a meeting place for rogues, since nearly anyone can come and go without suspicion. Members of the Thieves’ Guild will often suggest meeting at the Bones, and anyone foolish enough to attack a Guild rogue in the Bones signs his own death warrant, with some of the Guild’s deadliest assassins and enforcers within earshot. The Bones open at dusk and close at dawn. Heavily muscled bouncers watch over the entrances, deterring trouble makers and actively welcoming Cillamar’s noble sons and daughters. Jeriko knows that the first nobleman’s son to die in a knife fight on his watch will mean the death of the Bones, so he takes special pains to personally see to their needs. Thanks to Jeriko’s diplomacy, some of Cillamar’s most powerful families have extremely large tabs at Myna’s Bones, and many of these families would rather do favors for Jeriko (and by proxy, the Thieves’ Guild) than risk having their reputations sullied by public announcements of their indebtedness to the gambling den.
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