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The Hearth & Hound

The Hearth & Hound began as a single-room alehouse run by Edda's grandfather nearly thirty years ago, built into the lee of an old watchtower foundation. During the War of the Three Roads the inn served as a waystation for scouts and couriers; after the war it expanded to include a few private rooms and the stable to serve merchants traveling the Amber Road. Edda took over when her parents retired; she rebuilt the back kitchen after a scullion's lantern started a small fire ten years ago and sealed a narrow cellar that seemed to shift when the ground froze. The inn has long been a crossroads for practical folk — smugglers keep to shadows, honest tradesmen take up the tables, and new adventurers often spend their first night here planning their first contract.

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The Hearth & Hound

The Hearth & Hound began as a single-room alehouse run by Edda's grandfather nearly thirty years ago, built into the lee of an old watchtower foundation.

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Edda Bramblebrook

Tavernkeeper

Edda Bramblebrook
HalflingCommoner (Innkeeper)

Keeper's Species

Halfling

History

The Hearth & Hound began as a single-room alehouse run by Edda's grandfather nearly thirty years ago, built into the lee of an old watchtower foundation. During the War of the Three Roads the inn served as a waystation for scouts and couriers; after the war it expanded to include a few private rooms and the stable to serve merchants traveling the Amber Road. Edda took over when her parents retired; she rebuilt the back kitchen after a scullion's lantern started a small fire ten years ago and sealed a narrow cellar that seemed to shift when the ground froze. The inn has long been a crossroads for practical folk — smugglers keep to shadows, honest tradesmen take up the tables, and new adventurers often spend their first night here planning their first contract.

Quirks

A soot-black raven named Soot lives above the hearth and will 'vote' on small disputes by landing on a patron's shoulder. Edda tucks a sprig of cinnamon into every mug of spiced drink; the inn always smells faintly of baking cinnamon and woodsmoke. Regulars tap the third stave of the bar twice to call for quiet when a newcomer is about to tell a tall tale.

Lore

Locals say the original watchtower once signaled warnings with a brass horn said to be blessed by a river saint. Old storytellers claim the root-cellar door leads to a 'keeper's vault' that protected small treasures during bandit raids; no one has opened it in living memory. The Amber Road is the well-traveled trade lane that ties several market towns together — all manner of rumor passes through its inns. The Hearth & Hound's cinnamon-scented spiced mead is allegedly steeped with a leaf from a tree that grew from an anchor stone, a small superstition believed to keep away bad luck on long roads.

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