Randland Travel Advisor: The Queen's Blessing

Author: Dreia Raieese
Published: November 11 2019 Tar Valon Times Blog

Out for a jaunt through Randland? TarValon.Net’s trusty travel advisor gives you the good, the bad, and the braid-tuggingly awful!

The Queen's Blessing in Caemlyn was recommended to me by an acquaintance, though the directions they gave me were spotty and I needed help to find it. After what felt like half a day of crisscrossing the streets over and over again, I finally laid eyes on a well-kept sign blowing slightly in the breeze. The sign itself was pretty self-explanatory, a red-haired beauty with a crown laying a blessing on a kneeling man. I was happy to find that my acquaintance was indeed telling the truth about an attached stable. That’s always a bonus in a large city like Caemlyn.

The innkeeper, a jolly, round fellow named Basel Gill, greeted me warmly. After settling on the price, I was offered a private room. It had the basics: a bed, some hooks for clothes, and a little room to move around. I tucked my bag under the bed and headed back down for a meager meal. Not enough of anything, I was told.

All in all, a pretty decent establishment. Watch out for the Ogier in the back! Definitely NOT a Trolloc.

(The Eye of the World, Chapter 35, “Caemlyn”; The Eye of the World, Chapter 36, “Web of the Pattern”)