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The Hearth and Hammer

The inn opened twelve years ago when a retired caravan master named Harlen Rowe bought a single-arched cottage by the crossroads and added a larger common room. It earned a reputation as a safe, inexpensive stop for caravans and farmers traveling between market towns. Harlen passed the inn to his niece Marga after a fever took him three years ago. Marga kept his calm rules and added the stage to attract passing performers. The Hearth and Hammer was never wealthy, but it has survived a local bandit raid, a bad harvest, and one winter of near starvation by accepting work and goods in trade.

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The Hearth and Hammer

The inn opened twelve years ago when a retired caravan master named Harlen Rowe bought a single-arched cottage by the crossroads and added a larger common room.

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Marga Stonewell

Tavernkeeper

Marga Stonewell
HumanCommoner

Keeper's Species

Human

History

The inn opened twelve years ago when a retired caravan master named Harlen Rowe bought a single-arched cottage by the crossroads and added a larger common room. It earned a reputation as a safe, inexpensive stop for caravans and farmers traveling between market towns. Harlen passed the inn to his niece Marga after a fever took him three years ago. Marga kept his calm rules and added the stage to attract passing performers. The Hearth and Hammer was never wealthy, but it has survived a local bandit raid, a bad harvest, and one winter of near starvation by accepting work and goods in trade.

Quirks

A grey tomcat named Soot roams the inn and curls across open coin purses, making patrons laugh and sometimes losing them a copper. The tavernkeeper rings a small iron bell before lights out, which once meant pay your tab and turn in. Regulars leave a chip of wood or a carved bead on the sill for luck when passing through.

Lore

Locals whisper that the inn sits where an old waystone once marked a safe route through the marshes. While no formal shrine remains, travelers sometimes leave small trinkets on the sill for luck. The inn's name refers to the hearth where merchants warmed their boots and the iron hammer Harlen used to repair wagon wheels. Bards passing through will hum a simple tune about Harlen and the crossroads when they sleep at the common table.

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