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Peartree House is a dwelling of Franc Peartree, an ill-fated agent to Enver Gortash's trade operations. By the time party reaches Act Three locations, Peartree is already dead and his home is a restricted area.
Upper Room
The entrance to Peartree House is located close the huge outdoor staircase (X: 32 Y: -96), near Felogyr's Fireworks and the back wall of the Sorcerous Sundries. The doors are nailed up with wooden boards, and a Flaming Fist 'Area under Investigation' triangle stand in front of entrance informs that the area is restricted. However, there are no Fists or coroners inside. In the mailbox a 
Soul Coin can be found.
The staircase and nearby streets are patrolled by a group of Flaming Fists accompanied by a Steel Watcher, which all will become temporarily hostile if spot the party damaging the barricade or entering Peartree House. Using means of 
or spells like 
is recommended.
Inside the house the party shall see already familiar crime scene: the corpse of Franc Peartree without a hand, and a bloody symbol of the Absolute daubed on the wall. The only thing that can be looted from Peartree's corpse is a note that claims poor man was killed for helping the lordling. As the party already knows, this disdainful sobriquet is used by Orin the Red when speaking of Enver Gortash.
spell cast on Peartree's corpse shall not reveal anything important other than that he had been working as a cook at Basilisk Gate Barracks at some time in the past.
The only room is rather simply furbished and has poor loot around it. In the far corner, under the bench lies a copy of 
Bloodstained Parchment with the list of murder targets. It requires a 
DC 0 Perception check, so any member of the party shall spot it at once. Through 
it is revealed later on that Franc Peartree was murdered by Dolor a Cultist of Bhaal, who wants to become an Unholy Assassin of Bhaal.
However, near the bench is a hatch leading to actually important part of Peartree House. It is covered by Traveller's Chest, which has to be moved aside to gain access. The hatch is locked DC 15 Sleight of Hand check, but one of the bookcases in the opposite corner contains a key (
Peartree's Hatch Key).
Another Perception check (this time DC 20) is required to find some loose planks in the floor, where Peartree's Chest Key is hidden (see below).
Peartree Basement
Upon descending into the basement, the party will discover another crime scene - this time, of the ritual murder.
The basement consists of the study to the south of ladder and small workshop to the east. [1].
In the study (turned into the sacrifice chamber) lies the dead body of Courageous Little Kimmabeth, a human who is clearly higher and more heavyset than average man. He is gutted, with intestines drawn all over the floor, and his heart is burning with magical green fire in a brazier. Kimmabeth can be looted of one of the Orin's Ritual Letters ('Yaga-Shura, the Second') and Clown's Severed Arm (an item for Find Dribbles the Clown quest). Also, another Longsword +1 can be pulled out of his body. Further in the study lies another dead body.
The workshop has several stands with many weapons (all common, except Longsword +1) lying around and some pieces of armour (common, too). In the far corner stands Wooden Chest with some gold inside. On the desk lays an Enhanced' Weapons - Sales Ledger that sheds some light on Gortash's covert trade operations. In the southern wall of this room is a built-in Strongbox (opened with Peartree's Chest Key or with a DC 15 Sleight of Hand check). It contains the most notable loot in the cellar: a Half Plate Armour +2, a Shortsword +2, and 2 Soul Coins.
Notable loot
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Notes
- ↑ Two letters from Gortash can be found in the basement. Both indicate that Franc Peartree was blackmailed by the Archduke nominee into distributing weapons and armour for his armsdealing network. Other books around the room suggest that the house owner studied deeply the matters of infernal planes and bargaining with their inhabitants.