The Stocks Inn

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Sabine and Mikael Stockhausen purchased the inn when they moved to the village just over a decade ago.
Sabine was employed by one of the larger moneylenders in Nuln and Mikael was a former trader, they decided they wanted a simpler quieter life for them and their daughter Lottie.

They had enough funds to go pretty much anywhere in the Empire and when they heard about an innkeeper wanting to sell up and retire they leapt at the chance.

The Stocks Inn however is not its original name.
It was since its building over 200 years ago known as The Wicker Man.

For the longest time, the yard in the inn was where criminals were held in stocks until a roadwarden came to take them away to Leicheberg to face trial.
However when the barracks for the Counts men was built in the village proper, criminals were held there instead as they seemed to miraculously escape less frequently. (some say vanish is a better word)
As such the stocks became unused and languished propped up against the wall.

The Stockhausen’s wanted to give the inn a new lease of life, so they changed the name and decided to honour its past, so it became known as the Stocks Inn, something that amused them given their family name.
The stocks now hang above the main door.

Also near the main door is the lucky stein, the regulars give it a quick rub with their thumb on the way in for good fortune.

The Stockhausen’s also have a small pigeon loft, they have pigeons that are trained to fly to Wurtbad and Leicheberg, this allows important messages to be delivered much faster than even horse.


It is the heart of the village and is the reason the village is a thing at all.
Originally it was the only building on the north south road, after a while a smith set up shop near the inn to help the coaches and wagons that stopped there with re-shoeing and repairs and also the selling of items and knife sharpening.

Then after the blacksmith came another building, then another and another.
It was not all that long before Heiligsheld grew into the place we know and love today.

And still the inn is the heart of Heiligsheld.

































Pull up a chair and have a pint of Warm Ale!!











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