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The Sparrow's Hearth

The Sparrow's Hearth was opened thirty-two years ago by Borin Alder, a retired caravan guard who bought the lot after a linen merchant abandoned the house. Borin built two snug floors over the original footprint; his daughter Mave later added the attic room and converted the cellar into storage. Over the years the inn has sheltered farmers through bad harvests, served as a temporary watch-post during floods and hosted more than one wedding. Rumors persist that the building once bordered the outer moat of the town's old guardhouse and that the basement was used to hold petty criminals for a night or two.

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The Sparrow's Hearth

The Sparrow's Hearth was opened thirty-two years ago by Borin Alder, a retired caravan guard who bought the lot after a linen merchant abandoned the house.

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Mave Alder

Tavernkeeper

Mave Alder
HumanInnkeeper

Keeper's Species

Human

History

The Sparrow's Hearth was opened thirty-two years ago by Borin Alder, a retired caravan guard who bought the lot after a linen merchant abandoned the house. Borin built two snug floors over the original footprint; his daughter Mave later added the attic room and converted the cellar into storage. Over the years the inn has sheltered farmers through bad harvests, served as a temporary watch-post during floods and hosted more than one wedding. Rumors persist that the building once bordered the outer moat of the town's old guardhouse and that the basement was used to hold petty criminals for a night or two.

Quirks

The inn keeps an odd collection of wooden spoons pinned above the hearth. Patrons believe a spoon taken and returned brings luck. The house cat, Porridge, has a habit of slipping into guests' coin pouches and hiding small shiny items under the hearthstone. Once a week the proprietor rings a dinner bell and reads aloud the town's most interesting rumor from the rumor box, awarding a free mug to the person who supplied it.

Lore

Locals tell of the Lornstream, a half-forgotten watercourse that once ran free through the lowlands before the town's walls were raised. The Sparrow's Hearth stands over a late-channel of that stream. Old wives say the stream remembers those who owe coin and sometimes nudges small things into cellars and pockets. Minstrels hum a ditty about a night watchman who hid a saint's bell in the cellar and lost it to the stones. Few take the story as more than a tale, but the inn's cellar does sometimes yield odd coins, tiny seals and a rusted toy sword when the tide of the ground water turns.

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