Vodka from The Pink Flumph Theater in Waterdeep - Puncheons and Flagons
Vodka from The Pink Flumph Theater in Waterdeep. One of the hottest tickets in Waterdeep, the Pink Flumph Theater is a gaudy performance hall that puts on plays and entertainments every afternoon and evening. The theater is often packed with folks eager to witness the magic special effects generated by the Flumph's resident faerie dragon, Wishes. Any bard passing through Waterdeep dreams of booking a gig here-and hopefully getting a share of the night's takings at the bar! The proprietor of the Pink Flumph, Iokaste Daliano, has an arrangement with a local vodka distillery that says it makes its vodka from a healing spring. Many patrons report feeling wonderful on its effects-until they wake up the next morning. Hordelander Iokaste was once briefly smitten with a gentleman named Gannis Frostmantle who visited Waterdeep and claimed to be an emissary of the Tuigan horde from the distant lands of the Endless Waste. Gannis courted the widow and asked her help in finding people to fund his campaign against demonic intruders. He insisted he did not need her money, of course, but she would not hear of his refusal. A well-traveled woman, Iokaste added a drink to the menu of the Flumph that would remind Gannis of home: a salted yogurt-based drink that was popular among the horse riders of the Hordelands. Gannis tried the drink and spat it out, and that was when Iokaste realized he was a fraud. In a rare instance of solidarity between Iokaste and Wishes, they arranged a visit for Gannis with the wrathful gods of the Hordelands-or at least an illusory approximation. Gannis was last seen heading for Luskan. The Hordelander cocktail remained on the menu as Iokaste had developed a taste for saltiness. Hordelander Cheap Seat Wishes, the iridescent Faerie Dragon (Violet) brought to Waterdeep from Kara-Tur, is credited as the secret of the Pink Flumph's success. It's Wishes's illusory magic that enhances the performances on the stage, creating special effects like wild weather, th...