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The Gnawed Boar

The Gnawed Boar began as a roadside alehouse carved into a brewery left by a traveling clan. Borin bought it twenty years ago after winning a bar brawl against its former owner and bolted up the staircases to put in rooms. Over the years the tavern survived a flood, a short-lived raid by river bandits and a suspicious fire in the granary—each time Borin rebuilt with heavier doors and a larger ledger. What started as a pitstop for sailors grew into a crossroads for mercenaries, smugglers and the occasional noble seeking anonymity.

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The Gnawed Boar

The Gnawed Boar began as a roadside alehouse carved into a brewery left by a traveling clan.

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Borin Harth

Tavernkeeper

Borin Harth
DwarfFighter

Keeper's Species

Dwarf

History

The Gnawed Boar began as a roadside alehouse carved into a brewery left by a traveling clan. Borin bought it twenty years ago after winning a bar brawl against its former owner and bolted up the staircases to put in rooms. Over the years the tavern survived a flood, a short-lived raid by river bandits and a suspicious fire in the granary—each time Borin rebuilt with heavier doors and a larger ledger. What started as a pitstop for sailors grew into a crossroads for mercenaries, smugglers and the occasional noble seeking anonymity.

Quirks

A brass boar's skull hangs above the bar; if its jaw is lifted, the next patron must buy a round. Borin trains his barkeep with a set of rules spelled out in rhyme—anyone caught singing the rhyme gets a free drink and a mark in the ledger.

Lore

Locals say the boar skull above the bar is 'lucky'—it hung over Borin's father in battle, they claim. Beneath the tavern's flagstones run old drainage culverts built by the town's founders; those culverts once led to a hidden crypt beneath the old chapel now half-swallowed by the marsh. Rumor links the crypt to a vanished lord who hid relics before his line fell. The tavern's backroom ledger is whispered to double as the city's unofficial rumor archive—inked names and numbers that can open doors or close them, depending on who holds them.

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