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The Hearth and Hound

The Hearth and Hound opened fifteen years ago when Elowen Marris traded her traveling lute and a sack of saved coins for this ramshackle half-timbered building. It began as a one-room alehouse catering to drovers and nearby farmers. Over the years Elowen patched the roof, added the upstairs rooms, and turned a failing watering hole into a reliable stop on the road between the market town and the river ford. Locals remember when a band of thieves used the cellar as a hiding place, and how Elowen outwitted them with a clever ruse and a handful of brass buttons. Since then the inn has been a place where fresh travelers and local gossip cross paths.

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The Hearth and Hound

The Hearth and Hound opened fifteen years ago when Elowen Marris traded her traveling lute and a sack of saved coins for this ramshackle half-timbered building.

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Elowen Marris

Tavernkeeper

Elowen Marris
HumanBard

Keeper's Species

Human

History

The Hearth and Hound opened fifteen years ago when Elowen Marris traded her traveling lute and a sack of saved coins for this ramshackle half-timbered building. It began as a one-room alehouse catering to drovers and nearby farmers. Over the years Elowen patched the roof, added the upstairs rooms, and turned a failing watering hole into a reliable stop on the road between the market town and the river ford. Locals remember when a band of thieves used the cellar as a hiding place, and how Elowen outwitted them with a clever ruse and a handful of brass buttons. Since then the inn has been a place where fresh travelers and local gossip cross paths.

Quirks

Elowen rings a small brass bell three times to call staff before the evening crowd. A grey tomcat named Cobbles perches on the counter and insists on sitting on any map opened on the table. Patrons are expected to toast the hearth once when they arrive; failure results in an amused tease and an extra copper added to the 'house tip' jar. The innkeeper sometimes trades a night's lodging for a song or a useful tale.

Lore

Locals say the hearth sits above the original foundation stone of a centuries-old waystation. Old travelers' songs mention a 'hound of the lane' that guided lost shepherds home. Some merchants leave small carved wooden hounds on the mantle for luck. The inn's name recalls those little carvings and an ancient folk tale about a hound that stole a lord's boot and led him to humility. Superstition holds that if you leave a scrap of bread at the hearth before a long road, you will find shelter when needed.

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