Erinala Goodale whose pies and ale once warmed visitors to the bothies converted to the Seven Mothers and the Lunar Empire built her the Red Inn. The Etyries cult hopes to attract traders to stop at the inn, on their way to Stonegate, Toena, or Pavis.
The Etyries cult knocked down many of the bothies to make room for the construction of the Red Inn — a move that angered many who saw them as a manifestation of Orlanth's hospitality. People are outraged but the inn fills with visitors and silver flows in Red Cow’s market.
The inn is three stories, with a common room, bar, and kitchen on the ground floor and private rooms for guests on the second, and for the innkeeper and her family on the third. The Red Inn has stone chimneys, built by masons from Jonstown, enabling building on multiple floors despite the cold winters; some members of the clan visit just to marvel at the stone fireplaces. Even Queen Ivartha the Skinner has supped ale at the fireside here.
There is a cellar beneath the inn, where Erinala stores ale. The patrons tell wild stories of secret tunnels under the Red Inn, running throughout Borden Hill that can be accessed from the cellars.
Outside, there are a privy, raised storage huts, and a stable where visitors may leave their horses, for a price.
Erinala’s two daughters help her run the inn. A great troll called Baztak acts as bouncer — although most of the time he seems to drink in the cellar. No one knows quite what Erinala did to attract Baztak to her service, though the locals suggest he stays for her cooking and beer.