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The Cornerstone Hearth

Sitting at the corner where the old granary road meets the river trade lane, this tavern was built when the city was little more than a cluster of warehouses. Its foundation stones were reputedly set by one of the city's founding guilds, and the first ledger lists everyone from dockhands to a minor viscount who liked the hearth. Over decades the building was rebuilt twice after fires and rebuilt again when the road was widened, but the same rough-hewn cornerstone remained. That stone gave the place its reputation as the reliable meeting point when the city was young, and travelers still mark their maps by the tavern's lantern at the corner.

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The Cornerstone Hearth

Sitting at the corner where the old granary road meets the river trade lane, this tavern was built when the city was little more than a cluster of warehouses.

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Mira Tallin

Tavernkeeper

Mira Tallin
HumanFighter (retired militia captain)

Keeper's Species

Human

History

Sitting at the corner where the old granary road meets the river trade lane, this tavern was built when the city was little more than a cluster of warehouses. Its foundation stones were reputedly set by one of the city's founding guilds, and the first ledger lists everyone from dockhands to a minor viscount who liked the hearth. Over decades the building was rebuilt twice after fires and rebuilt again when the road was widened, but the same rough-hewn cornerstone remained. That stone gave the place its reputation as the reliable meeting point when the city was young, and travelers still mark their maps by the tavern's lantern at the corner.

Quirks

A small brass bell hung above the bar rings three times when a 'favor' is needed; patrons know to quiet down and listen. The tavern raven, named Soot, collects shiny things and occasionally perches on a patron's shoulder and steals their coin pouch if unobserved. The hearth is tended each night by the keeper while reciting a nonsensical rhyme that regulars hum along to when asked.

Lore

Old timers tell of the 'Founders' Mark', a small engraved stone slab placed beneath the tavern during the city's founding to ensure the intersection would remain safe for merchants. That mark is said to strengthen wards if tended once every fifty years. The ritual to 'tend the mark' requires a phrase lost to most and a small offering of river-silt and candle-wax. Some claim that someone has been attempting a crude imitation of the rite in the cellar to anchor a different kind of power, which could explain the unusual visitors and the nights when the lantern sputters blue.

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