Volo's Student's Guide to
The Rock of Bral
The Rock of Bral is one of the most popular hang-outs for Wildspace travelers. Situated in Greyspace (the space around the world of Greyhawk), the Rock is one of those hives of scum and villainy you hear so much about. You can find anything illegal here, for a price. And the price is usually "a lot of gold".
There is no dominant race here. Anything from humans to lizard men, to illithids may wind up in equal numbers, depending on who's docked at the moment. There are very few residents, except the merchants who keep the asteroid running.
Don't, um... don't say "Who do you have to blow to get a drink around here?" You don't want to know.
FOOD/DRINK
The Laughing Beholder: The last remaining business on the Rock of Bral, owned by the beholder currently called "Patch". The Rock may revive now that spelljamming is possible again.
Staff of the Laughing Beholder
"Patch" (advanced beholder): Formerly Large Luigi, owner of the Rock of Bral's popular bar, the Laughing Beholder. Always a source of valuable information and bad jokes, Large Luigi became quite jaded when spelljamming was disproven, and lost his central eye in a barfight. He now weres a large eyepatch, and is no longer jovial, although he is still a master informant. (Based on the Spelljammer character; property of WotC)
Skag's Fine Spelljammers: Scro-operated, scro-owned. Finest place to buy spelljamming vessels on the Rock of Bral. Keeping in mind, it's hard to get there if you don't already own a spelljamming vessel.
Inhabitants (and guests) of the Rock of Bral
Phoebus (human Swashbuckler-5) and Moondoe (human Rogue-7): The captains of the Battleship Crystallica, a spelljammer warship.
Skag (scro expert-10): Owner of Skag's Fine Spelljammers on the Rock of Bral.
Viqlar (mind flayer): A mind flayer spacefarer, with a strong knowledge of space travel, astronomical theory, and psionics. Former regular at the Rock of Bral.