Coaching inns are found throughout the Old World. They serve a number of important functions, acting as stopping places for weary travellers and allowing coaching companies to change horses during journeys and repair damaged coaches. Roadwardens also use coaching inns as temporary bases and holding cells for criminals captured on the road. In times of unrest, coaching inns act as bastions for the local population who flock behind the inn’s stout walls to avoid rampaging bandits or Goblins. But in more peaceful times, coaching inns are a welcome place for weary travellers to rest.
  Coaching inns are usually independently owned, but chains of inns owned by the same family can often be found on well-travelled routes. The owners of the inns make a living from fees paid by guests and Roadwardens and rent from various coaching companies that use their facilities.