The Hearthside Revel

The Hearthside Revel opened two decades ago as a winter shelter for passing harvest caravans. Built by a traveling pair of halfling siblings, the inn quickly became the meeting point for the town's seasonal festivals. Over the years the Revel expanded modestly, adding rooms and a stage. The inn has changed hands twice; the current keeper, Marta Bramble, bought it five years ago and revived the festival traditions that had waned. Locals remember the inn as the place where a long-ago midwife famously delivered a mayoral heir during a snowstorm, and the attic still holds a small wooden cradle with initials carved into the slats.

Tavern

The Hearthside Revel

The Hearthside Revel opened two decades ago as a winter shelter for passing harvest caravans.

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Marta Bramble

Tavernkeeper

Marta Bramble
HalflingBard

Keeper's Species

Halfling

History

The Hearthside Revel opened two decades ago as a winter shelter for passing harvest caravans. Built by a traveling pair of halfling siblings, the inn quickly became the meeting point for the town's seasonal festivals. Over the years the Revel expanded modestly, adding rooms and a stage. The inn has changed hands twice; the current keeper, Marta Bramble, bought it five years ago and revived the festival traditions that had waned. Locals remember the inn as the place where a long-ago midwife famously delivered a mayoral heir during a snowstorm, and the attic still holds a small wooden cradle with initials carved into the slats.

Quirks

Lanterns arranged for the festival seem to wobble in gentle patterns when a crowd sings; the inn's cat, 'Tinder', steals small shiny items and nests them in the rafters; the tavernkeeper records notable visitors in a little leather book and offers a free drink to anyone who can make her laugh with an honest, short tale.

Lore

Folktales say that taverns that host genuine communal joy retain a little of that goodwill in their beams; the Revel's beams are rumored to hold an easier evening for travelers: ale seems warmer, rooms sleepier, and quarrels softer. During harvest festivals the inn ties seven ribbons to the main beam for each happy year; there are currently twenty-three ribbons, an odd number the locals treat as good luck. Old songs sung on the Revel's stage mention a 'Lantern of Safe Roads' but most see this as a symbolic stanza in a popular refrain rather than a literal artifact.

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