The House of Doors

The House of Doors was a large, two-story, Kija-style inn operated by Lady Noksu prior to her death. Noksu had the ability to magically link doors together so that a creature entering one will exit the other. It was located in the Kijan mountains until its destruction on 5/29/2022.

Lady Noksu
Lady Noksu was the owner and innkeeper of the House of Doors. She appeared as a beautiful human lady from the waist up but had the bottom half of a giant green snake. She often carried around a long tobacco pipe, which she used to form smoky depictions of creatures.

She was generally friendly, if not a bit aloof. She could become angry and vindictive, however, such as when she showed great anger and urged guild members to hunt and kill a nine-tailed fox without giving it a chance to talk. She also harbored a great hatred to Kijan nobles, occasionally sending the guild on assassination missions.

Lady Noksu was a regular questgiver for the guild. Her interests seemed ranged from collecting precious artifacts, fighting the oppression of the poor, and having malicious spirits hunted down and killed.

Noksu had the power to link doors together so that a creature entering one will exit the other. It was not fully clear what the limitations of this power were exactly, but she indicated that she could not link locked doors or doors located in places forbidden to her, and that she could not personally physically leave the House of Doors.

After being discovered by Kijan forces around May 2022, the House of Doors was assaulted over the course of two weeks by airships and was eventually destroyed. Noksu is believed to have died with the destruction of the House of Doors.

Broomstick
Broomstick was a dokkaebi employee of the inn. He usually spent his time playing live music in the inn's common room with his eumakgi, a large, complex instrument that can supposedly make any sound he desires. Gregarious and energetic, he loved playing pranks and had a flair for the dramatic. He is tall and gangly, standing at 6' 5" and 140 lbs, and has long, black hair tied back in a ponytail.

He created an alter ego, "Hong Gil-Dong," which he used when going on missions to rescue the poor from oppression by the nobility. His stated goal is to inspire the peasantry to a proper rebellion by diminishing the nobility's stature and by giving them a charismatic hero-persona to rally around.

Upon the destruction of the House of Doors, he decided to remain in Kija and lead a peasant/slave rebellion against Kija. After making contact with the Bright Dawn guild, he decided to coordinate with them on an attack on the Kijan capital of Gyeongju: The peasant/slave army would attack the gates of the city while a few guildmembers would sneak into the palace, suing the attack as a distraction, then assassinate the Emperor. Unfortunately, the assassination failed, and the attack was repelled by the Kijan capital forces.

Broomstick's whereabouts were unknown for some time afterwards, but he was found in the Kijan capital by guildmembers doing reconaissance, his Kijan captors casting a multi-day ritual to destroy his soul. His body has been retrieved and brought back to the Bright Dawn guild, but for some reason, reviving him has of yet been unsuccessful.

Cocktail
Cocktail was a dokkaebi employee of the inn who usually serves as a waitress. She was previously sent out on a mission to spy on the Amsaldan lair, however, but was caught and captured. The guild dispatched a party to rescue her shortly afterwards, successfully bringing her back to the House of Doors. She is short and elfin, standing at just 4' 6" and 80 lbs, and sports a black pixie cut. She is usually quite relaxed and laid-back, much to the dismay of Lady Noksu, who would prefer her to serve the inn's customers more quickly. Her current whereabouts after the destruction of the House of Doors is unknown.

Dishrag
Dishrag was a dokkaebi employee of the inn who serves as its general custodian, cleaning, cooking, and maintaining the house. He was rescued by the guild during the "Sticky Situation" Moonlighters mission, where it was revealed that he turns into an inanimate dishrag and lies dormant when he falls to 0 HP. He has a skeletal figure, with long limbs and leathery-looking skin; though he is also very tall at 7 ft, he hunches a lot, so usually stands at around 5 ft tall. His long, silver hair is very unkempt and drapes down his back like an animal's hide. His current whereabouts after the destruction of the House of Doors is unknown.