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The Smoked Hollow

The Smoked Hollow was built two generations ago by a hunter named Tezcatl Hollow-hand, who hollowed a sunken oak and used its wood for the first beams. It grew around his smoking practices — meats cured there kept traveling hunters alive through harsh winters. The hall survived a border skirmish five years ago when the roof was scorched and a corner rebuilt; the burn marks are still visible on a beam above the hearth. Since then the hall has become the unofficial exchange for soldierly news and hunters' marks in Ahmictlapitztoqui, and Izel, a former sargeant-turned-innkeep, runs it with a firm but fair hand.

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The Smoked Hollow

The Smoked Hollow was built two generations ago by a hunter named Tezcatl Hollow-hand, who hollowed a sunken oak and used its wood for the first beams.

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Quetza

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History

The Smoked Hollow was built two generations ago by a hunter named Tezcatl Hollow-hand, who hollowed a sunken oak and used its wood for the first beams. It grew around his smoking practices — meats cured there kept traveling hunters alive through harsh winters. The hall survived a border skirmish five years ago when the roof was scorched and a corner rebuilt; the burn marks are still visible on a beam above the hearth. Since then the hall has become the unofficial exchange for soldierly news and hunters' marks in Ahmictlapitztoqui, and Izel, a former sargeant-turned-innkeep, runs it with a firm but fair hand.

Quirks

The smoke never fully clears; stray sparks occasionally drift onto the beams and are stamped out with practiced hands. Dogs — often a half dozen — curl under tables and will steal unattended food. Patron conversations have the tendency to rise into song or into violent argument when ale is cheap. The tavern keeps a small iron ring under the bar where the owner pins tokens belonging to those banned for a season.

Lore

Locals believe the smoke does more than preserve meat: the thick, resinous smoke is said to bind wandering spirits to the beams, turning them into watchers that repel night-hunger and misfortune. The name 'Ahmictlapitztoqui' is sometimes translated in old folk-songs as 'where the valley breathes', and elders say the hollow beneath the founders' oak is a seam between worlds. Some say the beams were set with a binding ritual sung by the first keepers, and that certain nights — when lantern and moon are both low — a soft thrumming can be felt near the cellar where an old obsidian charm was once cached.

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