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The Gilded Griffin

The Gilded Griffin opened a decade ago when a band of retired adventurers pooled their savings to convert a ruined tollhouse into a refuge for travelers. At first it served as a safe waypoint for low-ranking mercenaries and courier guilds. Over the years the tavern earned a reputation for fair dealings, honest repairs, and a willingness to house odd artifacts for a price. The original founders painted a griffin above the hearth; the image was gilded during the tavern's fifth anniversary and the name has stuck ever since. Several generations of adventurers have used the Griffin as a launching point for expeditions into nearby ruins, and the tavern keeps a ledger of successful ventures and those who never returned.

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The Gilded Griffin

The Gilded Griffin opened a decade ago when a band of retired adventurers pooled their savings to convert a ruined tollhouse into a refuge for travelers.

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Mira Halbrook

Tavernkeeper

Mira Halbrook
Half-elfRanger

Keeper's Species

Half-elf

History

The Gilded Griffin opened a decade ago when a band of retired adventurers pooled their savings to convert a ruined tollhouse into a refuge for travelers. At first it served as a safe waypoint for low-ranking mercenaries and courier guilds. Over the years the tavern earned a reputation for fair dealings, honest repairs, and a willingness to house odd artifacts for a price. The original founders painted a griffin above the hearth; the image was gilded during the tavern's fifth anniversary and the name has stuck ever since. Several generations of adventurers have used the Griffin as a launching point for expeditions into nearby ruins, and the tavern keeps a ledger of successful ventures and those who never returned.

Quirks

The fireplace flames change color for a moment when someone tells a particularly bold lie. Patrons mark the hearthstone with a small notch when they take a life oath, and the tavern keeps a ledger of those oaths. The keeper always serves one extra cup at a table as 'the cup for the absent' and insists that leaving it untouched invites bad luck.

Lore

Local lore claims that the original tollhouse stood on the edge of a leyline knot, which makes the tavern a good place for rituals that require stable energy. The griffin painted above the hearth is said to be 'lucky for the brave' and many adventurers rub a talon before setting out. One of the founders, old Garran the Bold, is said to have buried a coin for every comrade lost in a nearby copse; those coins supposedly draw luck to those who repay debts of honor.

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