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The Maiden Song

The Maiden Song opened a dozen years ago when a traveling minstrel invested his last coin into a rotting building by the market. Supposedly the tavern earned its name after a young singer vanished on the road and her final ballad, left on a scrap of paper, was pinned above the hearth. Over the years the tavern became a crossroads for laborers, itinerant sellswords, shiphands, and the occasional noble with a taste for low company. It has survived a minor fire, a militia raid, and one very public pie-throwing scandal. Each scrape has added to the tavern's loud reputation and its collection of stories.

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The Maiden Song

The Maiden Song opened a dozen years ago when a traveling minstrel invested his last coin into a rotting building by the market.

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Marta Halwell

Tavernkeeper

Marta Halwell
HumanBard

Keeper's Species

Human

History

The Maiden Song opened a dozen years ago when a traveling minstrel invested his last coin into a rotting building by the market. Supposedly the tavern earned its name after a young singer vanished on the road and her final ballad, left on a scrap of paper, was pinned above the hearth. Over the years the tavern became a crossroads for laborers, itinerant sellswords, shiphands, and the occasional noble with a taste for low company. It has survived a minor fire, a militia raid, and one very public pie-throwing scandal. Each scrape has added to the tavern's loud reputation and its collection of stories.

Quirks

The house enforces a 'sing for your supper' rule on rowdy nights: anyone who can carry a tune for three minutes wins a free tankard. Glasses sometimes clink of their own accord when the Maiden's ballad is hummed. The barkeep keeps a jar of 'luck stones' behind the bar; patrons toss a coin and take one, believing it wards off bad rolls. A small iron bell above the door rings twice when someone important has left, a superstition started after a dodgy noble once walked out on his tab.

Lore

Locals swear that the original minstrel, known only as the Maiden, performed a lament that put even the meanest drunk into tears. Some claim the song is cursed and that each singer who tries to master it forgets one thing they love. Others say it is protective; to sing it at the right moment wards a home from wolves. While such claims are likely superstition, the Maiden Song is often the place where lost melodies, forgotten messages, and small destinies are discovered.

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