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The Rowan & Red Hart

Built generations ago at the crossing of three old roads and a ley-spring, the Rowan & Red Hart began as a shepherd's house and grew into a coaching inn after a famed bard (one of Aine's ancestors) entertained a royal retinue during a storm. Over centuries it became a favored stop for merchants and couriers. A secretive pact with local druids saw the planting of the great planted rowan whose roots run under the dining hall, providing the building with gentle protective wards.

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The Rowan & Red Hart

Built generations ago at the crossing of three old roads and a ley-spring, the Rowan & Red Hart began as a shepherd's house and grew into a coaching inn after a famed bard (one of Aine's ancestors) entertained a royal retinue during a storm.

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Aine Byrne

Tavernkeeper

Aine Byrne
HumanBard

Keeper's Species

Human

History

Built generations ago at the crossing of three old roads and a ley-spring, the Rowan & Red Hart began as a shepherd's house and grew into a coaching inn after a famed bard (one of Aine's ancestors) entertained a royal retinue during a storm. Over centuries it became a favored stop for merchants and couriers. A secretive pact with local druids saw the planting of the great planted rowan whose roots run under the dining hall, providing the building with gentle protective wards.

Quirks

Aine greets returning faces by the tune of an old lullaby and keeps a ledger of songs sung for a free room credit. The tavern's candles dim briefly before major spells are cast within the hall—locals treat it as a superstitious courtesy. Small carved rowan tokens are given to kids; they are harmless but sometimes warm in presence of the fey.

Lore

Local superstition claims the inn stands on the seam between 'old woods' and 'civil road'—a place where bargains with minor fey were once common. The house tune—'Aine's Lament'—is said to soothe restless spirits and was once sung to send a wrathful hill-guardian to sleep during the barn's expansion. The steward's crest on the humming chest is rumored to tie the inn to an old noble bloodline that vanished in an uprising a generation ago; some say their heir still spends nights under a false name within the inn's guest rolls.

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