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The Hearth Lantern Inn

Built three decades ago by a retired ranger and his wife, the inn began as a single-room wayside stopping point on the King's Road. The original couple ran it for twenty years before selling to the Bram family. The inn survived a barn fire ten years ago that took two stalls and the old bake oven. The Brams rebuilt the back wing and added private rooms. Over the years the Hearth Lantern Inn has become a trusted place for merchants, small-time adventurers, and travelers to exchange news, mend wounds, and spend a night in safety.

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The Hearth Lantern Inn

Built three decades ago by a retired ranger and his wife, the inn began as a single-room wayside stopping point on the King's Road.

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Eira Bram

Tavernkeeper

Eira Bram
Half-elfBard

Keeper's Species

Half-elf

History

Built three decades ago by a retired ranger and his wife, the inn began as a single-room wayside stopping point on the King's Road. The original couple ran it for twenty years before selling to the Bram family. The inn survived a barn fire ten years ago that took two stalls and the old bake oven. The Brams rebuilt the back wing and added private rooms. Over the years the Hearth Lantern Inn has become a trusted place for merchants, small-time adventurers, and travelers to exchange news, mend wounds, and spend a night in safety.

Quirks

A grey mouser named Lantern follows new guests and occasionally steals tiny shiny items, returning them to the hearth as offerings. The innkeeper keeps a jar of small brass tokens used to settle games; one token per lost game must be deposited or the loser must perform a forfeit. The sign outside is carved with a lantern that seems brighter on nights when the road is dangerous. Locals insist that sharing a bowl of stew with a new companion creates a minor bond of hospitality that makes it awkward to refuse future favors.

Lore

Locals whisper that the inn stands where three lanes converged in an older age, and that the hearth was set upon an old stone marker meant to guide lost travelers. Stories claim that warriors who share their first ale here will not be separated by the road until they make peace, a superstition embraced by merchants and mercenaries alike. The Bram family is known for a secret stew recipe said to bolster a tired body before a hard road. Travellers in the region treat the Hearth Lantern Inn as a waypoint on longer pilgrimages and on merchant circuits between nearby market towns.

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