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The Copper Hearth

The Copper Hearth opened twenty years ago as a simple alehouse catering to foundry hands. The original hearth was built by recycling discarded copper plates from the nearby smelters, a practice born of thrift and the abundance of scrap. Mira Talwyn inherited the place after a short stint adventuring and a falling-out with the Foundry Consortium, buying it from her uncle and turning it into a haven for miners, artisans, and cheap contracts. Over the years it became an unofficial meeting point for laborers and company agents alike; many strikes, secret deals, and brawls have been settled at its long tables.

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The Copper Hearth

The Copper Hearth opened twenty years ago as a simple alehouse catering to foundry hands.

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Mira Talwyn

Tavernkeeper

Mira Talwyn
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Keeper's Species

Human

History

The Copper Hearth opened twenty years ago as a simple alehouse catering to foundry hands. The original hearth was built by recycling discarded copper plates from the nearby smelters, a practice born of thrift and the abundance of scrap. Mira Talwyn inherited the place after a short stint adventuring and a falling-out with the Foundry Consortium, buying it from her uncle and turning it into a haven for miners, artisans, and cheap contracts. Over the years it became an unofficial meeting point for laborers and company agents alike; many strikes, secret deals, and brawls have been settled at its long tables.

Quirks

The hearth is built from discarded copper plates from the foundries; when the fire is stoked you can hear soft metallic creaks and a faint rhythmic clang. The copper imparts a minute metallic tang to some drinks, and miners sometimes toss a coin on the hearth for luck before a shift.

Lore

Locals whisper that the copper plates in the hearth came from a specific batch once used to line an experimental smelter; some say that keeps certain spirits—both protective and restless—curled in the embers. Old timers swear that tossing a small copper button into the hearth before a shift brings luck; others say the hearth's clangings are actually signals from someone below. The tavern has also been fingered in several rumors: a hidden tunnel to the abandoned smelting cavern below the town, a ledger with company secrets hidden in Mira's private room, and a miners' oath etched into a copper plate now serving as the hearth's center stone.

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