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Garruk's Stone and Stein

Built two decades ago by a retired caravanmaster, the inn began as little more than a stone hearth and stable for weary traders. Years later, Garruk - a hulking ex-hunter who once tracked beasts across the northern pines - bought the place after a storm flattened his camp. Garruk kept the caravanmaster's practical layout but added rough-hewn furniture and a stern sense of order. The Hearth and Hound earned a reputation as a safe, straightforward haven where a weary blade and a traveling scholar find equal welcome. Neighbors still murmur that the inn sits on the old road to Green Hollow, where a skirmish between bandits and militia left a shallow trench that fills with fireflies each summer.

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Garruk's Stone and Stein

Built two decades ago by a retired caravanmaster, the inn began as little more than a stone hearth and stable for weary traders.

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Garruk

Tavernkeeper

Garruk
HumanBarbarian

Keeper's Species

Human

History

Built two decades ago by a retired caravanmaster, the inn began as little more than a stone hearth and stable for weary traders. Years later, Garruk - a hulking ex-hunter who once tracked beasts across the northern pines - bought the place after a storm flattened his camp. Garruk kept the caravanmaster's practical layout but added rough-hewn furniture and a stern sense of order. The Hearth and Hound earned a reputation as a safe, straightforward haven where a weary blade and a traveling scholar find equal welcome. Neighbors still murmur that the inn sits on the old road to Green Hollow, where a skirmish between bandits and militia left a shallow trench that fills with fireflies each summer.

Quirks

Garruk keeps a ritual bowl of broth on the hearth for 'old roads' and never charges locals who leave a handful of herbs in place of coin. He sharpens knives at odd hours and places a rung-iron key under the third hearthstone - a test he uses to judge a patron's character. If a patron sings an old hunting chant, Garruk will stand and clap a steady rhythm with his tankard; those who join are likely to earn his favor.

Lore

Locals say the inn stands where three minor ley threads cross, though scholars argue the energy is faint and more superstition than power. Older maps mark the surrounding wood as 'Harrowfen - pass with care,' a name that older patrons insist is older than the current kingdom and tied to tales of a hunter-king whose spirit lingers in the pines. Garruk laughs at such tales but honors old rites - he never cuts the elder ash by the stable and always leaves a bowl of broth at the foot of the hearth on harvest eve.

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