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Deep Woods Drought

Built from the hollow of an ancient oak after a long season of drought, Deep Woods Drought began as a refuge for hunters and scouts. Halla Durn's grandmother opened the hall as a place to share water and tales when wells ran dry. Over decades the tavern grew into a forest retreat where rangers, druids, and wayward nobles pause between expeditions. On a particularly thin summer, a young woodwight bartered a carved music box to the family in exchange for shelter; the box and the first tavernlight have been bound to the place ever since. Skirmishes with timber cutters and a near-ruinous flood decades past pushed the tavern to the heart of local politics, and Halla kept the hall by keeping secrets better than coin.

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Deep Woods Drought

Built from the hollow of an ancient oak after a long season of drought, Deep Woods Drought began as a refuge for hunters and scouts.

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Halla Durn

Tavernkeeper

Halla Durn
HumanBard

Keeper's Species

Human

History

Built from the hollow of an ancient oak after a long season of drought, Deep Woods Drought began as a refuge for hunters and scouts. Halla Durn's grandmother opened the hall as a place to share water and tales when wells ran dry. Over decades the tavern grew into a forest retreat where rangers, druids, and wayward nobles pause between expeditions. On a particularly thin summer, a young woodwight bartered a carved music box to the family in exchange for shelter; the box and the first tavernlight have been bound to the place ever since. Skirmishes with timber cutters and a near-ruinous flood decades past pushed the tavern to the heart of local politics, and Halla kept the hall by keeping secrets better than coin.

Quirks

A carved wooden music box rests on the bar and only plays when the tavernlight is lit. When it plays, patrons report stronger memories and almost everyone feels more honest. The ceiling is low, making the hall feel intimate and cramped, and the air holds a constant smoke-scent that hides subtle aromas of pine and drying herbs. Halla greets newcomers with a knowing laugh and a small scratch on the bar where she marks those who leave a debt.

Lore

Local lore says Deep Woods Drought sits where the waking wood meets the Echoing Green, a seam where fae influence thins into mortal will. The tavernlight is said to be made from a captured will-o-light that warmed the first weary travelers; it does not burn like normal flame and is fussy with weather and intent. The music box was carved in a childlike hand and once belonged to a fae who missed the sound of rain. Some druids claim the tavern stands on the memory of a spring and that if the spring is restored, the tavern will bloom into its old power, drawing the attention of those who would keep it that way or tear it down.

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