The Goose and Fox

The Goose and Fox
Ground floor
Upper floor
Details
Game	Pillars of Eternity
Type	Inn
Locations
Part of	Copperlane
Exits to	Copperlane
People
Merchant	Bishop
Innkeeper	Bishop
Inhabitants	Actress Bodyguard Commoner Dread-Shot Daedon Ilfa Hurdy Kaenra Key Mercenary Merchant Noble Patron Two-Tone Weaxel
Quests
At All Costs His Old Self Something Secret
Technical
Map	🗺️ ️The Goose and Fox - Lower 🗺️ ️The Goose and Fox - Upper
Location ID	AR_0108_Copperlane_Tavern_Lower (lower) AR_0109_Copperlane_Tavern_Upper (upper)
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The Goose and Fox is a tavern in Copperlane, Defiance Bay. It is owned by Bishop.

Background

Erol of Levi under the psuedonym "Oswald", 2828 AI

The Goose and Fox was founded in the early days of Dyrwoodan independence by a traveling scholar named Erol of Levi. He wanted a place where kith of all backgrounds could gather and hash out the issues facing their new country. It didn't take long for the place to fill up. Brackenbury aristocrats argued with dock workers from the Gift while soldiers wrangled with politicians. Dyrwoodans have never been known to turn down an argument. Soon, kith were coming from the farms and settlements, attracting enough patrons that it rivaled The Salty Mast.

However, no free speech is free from consequences. Although Erol prided himself on encouraging fair-mindedness and civil debate, he eventually found himself on the wrong side of an argument with the wrong thayn. His disappearance a few days later is speculated to be either the work of the thayn or Erol realizing that discretion is the better part of valor and skipping town.

Now it's the domain of Bishop, a former scholar of Berath and recovered alcoholic who ensures everyone plays fair with his intimidating physique.

Points of interest

• The ground floor is divided into two halves, the common room with the counter and Bishop (plus numerous backer characters), with Kaenra sitting in the back, and a kitchen with a locked chest containing Bartender's Ring. The corridor running around the kitchen contains several alcoves for private discussion and meetings.
• The upper floor has Two-Tone Weaxel and his merry band of adventurers, as well as several rooms with minor loot (and several hundred coppers).

Characters

• Bishop: The owner and innkeeper. Provides rooms, food, and adventurers for hire.
• Kaenra: Starts the quest His Old Self.
• Two-Tone Weaxel: He and his four other companions (Dread-Shot Daedon, Hurdy, Ilfa and Key), are drinking on the second floor. They are involved in the task Something Secret.

During At All Costs

• Gareth: The recipient for a package from Verzano.
• Danna Doemenel: A member of House Doemenel, she interrupts your deal with Gareth.

Backer NPCs

Lower floor

• Brad Furis
• Irishti Tungsten
• Lupites Silvarum
• Mikerus Solomatine
• Roi Ninguen
• The Vulture

After completing The Forgotten, the ghosts of the members of the group you killed in Aedelwan Bridge will appear around a table at the front of the tavern. Their souls can be read like any other backer NPC.

• Anverion Damondrad
• Elvara Zylthain
• Harkeen Willthorm
• Liliana
• Orimanth Hassan
• Tobi
• Vicent Agosti

Upper floor

• Bhoor Acharya
• Dash Oki
• Harrod Raoul
• Ishana Glynn
• Lexcanium MacCrege

Rooms

Talk to the innkeeper Bishop in order to rest here.

Room		Effect(s)	Lasts for	Cost
	The Common Room	-	-	25
	Merchant's Stay	+ 1 Perception + 1 Resolve	2 rests	120
	Fletcher's Stay	+ 1 Athletics + 1 Mechanics + 5 Ranged Accuracy	2 rests	140
	Suite of Worldly Wonders	+ 2 Lore + 1 Intellect	2 rests	150
	Vixen's Burrow	+ 2 Dexterity + 1 Survival + 10 Defense while Disengaging	2 rests	160

Related quests

Side quests

• At All Costs
• His Old Self

Tasks

• Something Secret

Loot

Notable loot

• Bishop sells the pet Yellow Lab for 150.

Containers

Note: For a complete list of random loot found in The Goose and Fox, see here.

Ground floor:

Shelf:

• 2x Ale

Wooden Box:

• Random food (Loot_Food)

Crate (Locked, Difficulty 3):

• Bartender's Ring

Upper floor:

Chest (Locked, Difficulty 3):

• Fruit
• 3x Lockpick

Chest (Locked, Difficulty 4):

• Random weapon
• Random potion/scroll
• Random currency
• (Dyr_Med_Weapons_3_4)

Armoire (Locked, Difficulty 3):

• Random armor
• Random gem
• Random currency
• (Dyr_Armor_3_4)

Bookcase:

• The Most Unfortunate Tale of Favia and Bernat: A Vailian Tragedy

Behind the scenes

In-game portrait featuring the likeness of NeoGAF owner, EviLore.

A concept of the Goose and Fox sign by NeoGAF user Jocchan.

• The Goose and Fox inn is a backer reward for users on the NeoGAF forums, who together (led by user "shagg_187"), pledged $5,000 to the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to design an inn, an item (Bartender's Ring), and name an NPC (Bishop).
  • The name "Goose and Fox" was an idea by user OTIX, and forms the acronym "GAF".
  • The inn's founder, Erol of Levi, is named after NeoGAF owner Tyler "EviLore" Malka. Erol of Levi is a rough anagram of EviLore. Erol disappeared without a trace, which leaves the patrons to speculate over his whereabouts, who have claims of his travels all throughout Eora. This is likely an in-joke about EviLore's presence on the forum. Speaking to the patrons yields the following dialogue, in reference to Erol's fate:
    • "I heard Erol was taken prisoner for trespassing in the Ancenze Fortress."
    • "I was told Erol left the inn after falling in love with a woman from Selona."
    • "There are stories that Erol of Levi was assaulted by an aumaua one night and hasn't been seen again."
    • "They say Levi got lost in the mountains of White March was never seen again."
    • "Levi? I heard he was eaten by a stelgaer in Eir Glanfath."
    • "Levi struck it rich and lives like a king in the Deadfire Archipelago."
    • "Rumor has it that the original owner was on a ship that sank near Rauatai."
  • One of the user-selectable male portraits has EviLore's likeness (although this was purchased separately to the inn).
  • The name "Bishop" is a reference to a NeoGAF moderator Tim Lewinson aka "Bishoptl". The idea is credited to NeoGAF user "Corto".
  • An early version of the current sign was drawn by NeoGAF user "Jocchan", whose colours match those of the NeoGAF logo.
  • Much of the dialogue spoken by the inns patrons is in reference to heated discussions and debates of all varieties.
• This area contains developer commentary:

“

Since this inn belongs to a world traveller we made sure to decorate it with items from all over the different regions of the game. This included the stuffed Stelgaer in the corner that we lovingly named "Duke Bitey von Levi". Sadly, the dukes name did not make it into the final game, but he lives on in our hearts.

”

~ Denise McMurry, Level Designer

Developer commentary by Denise McMurry

Map

• Lower floor
• Upper floor

• Map - Lower floor
• Map - Upper floor