The Grinning Boar

The Grinning Boar began as a single-room wagon-yard tavern a decade ago, founded by Marta's father for drovers and woodcutters. Over the years it expanded onto adjacent lots, absorbing a stable and cellar. Brawls and honest labor built its clientele; Marta took over when her father sprained his knee hauling barrels and never looked back.

Tavern

The Grinning Boar

The Grinning Boar began as a single-room wagon-yard tavern a decade ago, founded by Marta's father for drovers and woodcutters.

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Marta Reed

Tavernkeeper

Marta Reed
HumanFighter

Keeper's Species

Human

History

The Grinning Boar began as a single-room wagon-yard tavern a decade ago, founded by Marta's father for drovers and woodcutters. Over the years it expanded onto adjacent lots, absorbing a stable and cellar. Brawls and honest labor built its clientele; Marta took over when her father sprained his knee hauling barrels and never looked back.

Quirks

A carved wooden boar's head above the hearth grins ominously; patrons rub its nose for luck before a dice roll (or a punch). The tavern's ale is served in mismatched tankards taken from a 'lost and found' shelf — if you want your own mug back, you'll likely have to challenge someone for it.

Lore

Locals swear the carved boar above the hearth was whittled from a tree struck by lightning and that rubbing its nose brings luck in coin and danger in secrets. Old-timers tell of a drunken night years ago when the boar 'laughed' during a storm and the next morning a traveling scribe had disappeared — a story used to keep children away from the cellar steps.

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