Exquisite Rarities from One-Eyed Jax in Luskan - Puncheons and Flagons

Exquisite Rarities from One-Eyed Jax in Luskan. Situated on the north bank of the Mirar River, One-Eyed Jax has a reputation as a haven for pirates, smugglers, and mercenaries-a reputation shared by the entire town of Luskan. Despite that reputation and a seemingly ramshackle appearance, the Jax is one of the safer places for visitors to Luskan. The bar does not brook trouble, and anyone interfering with business is liable to be thrown into the icy-cold waters of the Mirar. Salt winds sometimes howl through the walls, but under the tattered import labels that paper those walls is a surprisingly robust oak-beamed building. Nothing here is exactly as it appears. The drinks at the One-Eyed Jax change depending on what can be acquired through fair means or foul. The mixed drinks are made from the types of bottles one would find getting dusty at the back of other bars-and that the owners of other bars might not notice going missing! Golden Way Though Luskan sits at the remote and frigid far north of the Sword Coast, it is a city with a long reach. Its thriving harbor and busy rivers and roads connect it to towns and settlements across the Shining Sea, beyond the sands of Anauroch, and as far away as Kara-Tur. Outsiders say Luskan sits at the edge of the world, but residents of Luskan say that they have the whole of the world on their doorstep. That Luskan worldliness is evident in the work of tiefling dressmaker Iono Spooner, who sources fabric from all across Toril to create extraordinary costumes for the Luskan traveling carnival, the Sea Maiden's Faire. The carnival brings home beautiful silks, sturdy bamboo fibers, exotic dyes, and rare animal hides, and Iono transforms them all with his clever eye and deft fingers. Iono rarely ventures beyond the walls of his workshop, let alone the walls of his city, but he has been known to make it to the Jax, where he always orders a Golden Way. The drink is named for the largest trade route connecting West to East, and it is...