# Bildrath's Mercantile

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> [!infobox]
> ![loc bildraths mercantile 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-bildraths-mercantile-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-village-of-barovia.md) · level 3
> **Resting:** no
> **Light:** dim
> **Getting here:** [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md)
> **Quests:** [Cut After Noon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/cut-after-noon.md), [Mary's Daughter](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/marys-daughter.md), [The Burgomaster's Hound](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-hound.md), [The Oat Thief](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-oat-thief.md)

## Overview

The only shop in the village, immaculate and overpriced: rope, oil, rations and one dusty potion, at ten times what they cost anywhere else.

**Resting:** no Bildrath charges for floor space by the hour, and he is watching the clock.

![loc bildraths mercantile overview](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-bildraths-mercantile-overview.webp)
*The whole place from above.*

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md):** Bildrath's Mercantile

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the road | [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md) |  |

## Map

![bildraths mercantile](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/bildraths-mercantile.svg)

**Key:** gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.

### Close up

![loc bildraths mercantile spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-bildraths-mercantile-spot1.webp)
*Bildrath Cantemir*

![loc bildraths mercantile spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-bildraths-mercantile-spot2.webp)
*Strongbox*

## People

- **[Bildrath Cantemir](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/bildrath-cantemir.md)**, Proprietor, Bildrath's Mercantile: Shop floor (#2)
- **[Goodwife Viorica](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/goodwife-viorica.md)**, A customer at Bildrath's: Shop floor, 09:00–16:00 (#4)

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (1)
> - **[Parriwimple](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/parriwimple.md)**, Shop floor (#3): when not (burial procession and parriwimple pallbearer and not burgomaster buried)

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Strongbox | 30 gp | lock DC 15 |

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 3 the first time you come ([Random Treasure](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/random-treasure.md)). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.

### Locked and secret doors

- Storeroom door: lock DC 13

## Quests and lore

- [Cut After Noon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/cut-after-noon.md): The woodcutters of Barovia cut what they need by noon and go home. Grigore's son stayed late, and brought something back.
- [Mary's Daughter](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/marys-daughter.md): Mad Mary's daughter Gertruda, sixteen and never once allowed outside, slipped out of the house a few nights ago and hasn't come back.
- [The Burgomaster's Hound](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-hound.md): The dead burgomaster's wolfhound howls every night at the mansion's study wall, not at the wolves.
- [The Oat Thief](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-oat-thief.md): Somebody is stealing four sacks of oats a week from Bildrath's back room, and the lock is never touched.

> [!quote]- Ledger
> Bildrath's ledger, ruled in red ink. Sales this month: rope, one length (the burgomaster, for the coffin, unpaid). Candles, none. Lamp oil: one flask, every evening, to the shop's own account. Under 'Debts owed': Ismark Kolyanovich, a long column. Under 'Debts forgiven': nothing, underlined twice.