This old temple to Abadar was sold by the church to a private investor, Ambrost Mugland, when the smallcloister of priests residing here decided it would be prudent to sell the property and reinvest their earnings elsewhere in Alkenstar. Mugland performed minor renovations—blockading the open stone archways with sturdy wooden doors and installing simple locks on nearly everything—before reopening the establishment as a private investment bank called the Gold Tank Reserve. He uses the business to launder his own money from ill-gotten sources and allows his allies to do the same (for a price, of course).ough down-on-their-luck locals, small-time ranch owners, and other commoners sometimes seek loans from the Gold Tank Reserve, anyone without means is promptly turned away by the branch’s manager, a craven skinflint named Irkem Dresh. Mugland’s lackey is fully aware of the illicit nature of her employer’s enterprise—in addition to the cut Mugland gives her for maintaining the Reserve’s front, Dresh sticks her own hand in the cookie jar quite often.
Building Features: Unless otherwise noted, the ceilings inside the bank are 15 feet tall, the walls are made of carved stone slabs, and the doors are standard wooden doors. At night, the building is dark except for the lanterns of the clockwork brokers on patrol. During daytime business hours the rooms are full of bright light streaming through the windows.The stat blocks and encounters described below assume the characters rob the Gold Tank Reserve during daylight hours, though notes are included in case the party infiltrates the bank at night instead.The following locations correspond to the map of the Gold Tank Reserve on the inside front cover of this volume.
