Stables The World of Greyhawk & The World of Greyhawk Wiki The current year for our World of Greyhawk campaign is set during 579CY. Inspired By Gary Gygax

The Hommlet Stables stand attached to the Inn of the Welcome Wench, offering shelter and care for the riding horses, pack mules, and draft animals of travelers passing through the village. Broad wooden doors open onto an orderly interior scented with fresh hay, worn leather, and oats. Stalls line the walls beneath heavy timber beams, while bridles, halters, and grooming brushes hang from pegs near the entrance.

Outside, a well-used yard provides space for unloading baggage, examining harnesses, and settling animals after a long journey. The stables belong to Ostler Gundigoot, proprietor of the Inn of the Welcome Wench, and operate as part of his establishment.

Ostler entrusts their daily care to a groom and a young stableboy, though he takes a personal interest whenever guests arrive with exhausted or injured animals. His expectations are straightforward: every beast receives adequate feed, clean water, dry bedding, and patient handling. Travelers who mistreat their mounts soon discover that his hospitality comes with firm limits.

The stables offer overnight boarding, feeding, brushing, and the cleaning and drying of ordinary tack. Saddles and packs can be set aside while guests take their ease inside the inn, and the groom can spot a loose shoe, a rubbed shoulder, or a failing harness strap before it becomes a serious problem on the road. More demanding repairs require the attention of a village craftsman, but a spare length of leather or a borrowed buckle can often keep a traveler moving. Although quieter than the inn’s common room, the stable yard has its own steady exchange of news. Wagon drivers trade observations while checking their teams, merchants complain about muddy roads, and departing guests linger over one last adjustment to their baggage.

The attendants remember an unusual horse or a rider who departed before dawn, making them useful sources of small, easily overlooked details. For companions returning from dangerous country, the familiar scrape of a shovel and the contented sound of horses feeding offer a welcome return to village life.