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AREAS OF THE WINERY This veranda is where grapes from the vineyard are
crushed into juice. The sliding wooden doors are
The following areas correspond to labels on the map of chained shut from the inside, and the smaller door is
the winery on page 175. barred shut from the inside. Breaking through either
requires a successful DC 20 Strength check.
WI. STABLES
The Martikovs keep two draft horses here and use W6. W E LL
them to pull their wine wagon. A ring of tight-fitting, moss-covered stones encloses this
40-foot-deep well.
W2. LOADING DOCK
W7. OUTHOUSE

Parked in the loading dock is a wagon with three barrels
set in braces on the bed. A raised wooden walkway runs Sweet-smelling herbs hang from the eaves of this ram­
along the west, south, and east walls. Through a hole in shackle wooden outhouse, which has a small crescent
the ceiling you see the wooden arm of a loading crane moon carved into its door.
with ropes and hooks dangling from it.
The outhouse contains no surprises.
Wine barrels in the cellar (area W14) are rolled up a
ramp (area Wl2) to the crane on the upper Aoor (area W8. STORAGE
W16), then lowered into the wagon from above. Empty
barrels are rolled off the back of the wagon and stored
in area W9. The three barrels on the wagon hold Purple Bare hooks line the walls of this storage room. Shelves to
Grapemash No. 3. the south hold several pairs of stained wooden sandals
The south door has been forced open and hangs ajar. with oversized soles. Both doors to this room hang open.
It can't be closed properly until repaired, though it can The one to the west is fitted with iron brackets and leads
be barricaded.
outside into the rain. Lying on the floor next to it is a five­
W3. BARREL MAKER'S WORKSHOP foot-long wooden beam.

Before fleeing the winery, the wereravens took the
Strips of iron and wood lie in neat piles on the floor of leather rain cloaks stored here, but they left behind the
this workshop, the walls of which are lined with tools. wooden sandals that they wear when crushing grapes
Two worktables stand against the east wall. on the veranda (area WS).
The wooden beam on the floor can be used to bar the
outer door.
Wine barrels are made here. The north door is barred
from the inside. W9. FERMENTATION VATS
I case spirals upward in the southwest corner. I The rich smell of fermenting wine fills this large, two­
W4. BARREL STORAGE

story chamber, which is dominated by four enormous
Rows of new barrels fill this room. A narrow stone stair­
wooden casks, each one eight feet wide and twelve feet
tall. A wooden staircase in the center of the room climbs
to a ten-foot-high wooden balcony that clings to the
The room contains thirteen empty barrels.
south wall, which has four windows set into it at balcony
W5. V E RANDA level. Stacked against the wall underneath the balcony
are old, empty barrels with "The Wizard of Wines"
burned into their sides. The balcony climbs another five
Resting on a flagstone veranda are three five-foot-diam­ feet as it continues along the west and east walls, ending
eter wooden tubs, their insides stained with grape juice. at doors leading to the winery's upper level. Underneath
Each tub has a short ladder bolted to its side and a catch these side balconies are several doors, some of which
basin tucked underneath. hang open. Beneath the sloping roof stretch thick rafters,
At the back of the veranda is a large set of sliding upon which scores of ravens have quietly gathered. They
wooden doors as well as a normal-sized wooden door. watch you with great interest.
Stone pillars and arches support the upper floor above.

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