The Gilded Horseshoe

The Gilded Horseshoe began as a one-room alehouse at the crossroads fifteen years ago. Its founder, a retired caravan master named Brin Farrow, expanded the place after a profitable season escorting merchants. When Brin died, Marta Brine, his barmaid and former apprentice, bought the inn with a purse of hard-earned coin and a promise to keep the doors open to any honest adventurer. Over the years the tavern became a favored stop for fledgling parties seeking work, gear, and trustworthy gossip. The upstairs rooms were added when a traveling smith paid for a wing in exchange for sharpening the town guard's swords for a year.