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The Salted Anchor

Built thirty years ago by a retired shipwright and his widow, the Salted Anchor began as a lean-to for sailors waiting for cargo. Over time it's grown into a single-story, plank-built tavern patched with salvaged timbers and painted with barnacle-whitewash. Marta bought it after her bosun left the sea; she kept the rugged charm but added a crane to attract captains and a back hatch favored by smugglers. The tavern has survived a storm that took two neighboring warehouses and a small raid by a pirate gang; the ceiling still bears a scorch mark from that night.

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The Salted Anchor

Built thirty years ago by a retired shipwright and his widow, the Salted Anchor began as a lean-to for sailors waiting for cargo.

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Marta 'Ironhook' Hazal

Tavernkeeper

Marta 'Ironhook' Hazal
HumanFighter (former bosun)

Keeper's Species

Human

History

Built thirty years ago by a retired shipwright and his widow, the Salted Anchor began as a lean-to for sailors waiting for cargo. Over time it's grown into a single-story, plank-built tavern patched with salvaged timbers and painted with barnacle-whitewash. Marta bought it after her bosun left the sea; she kept the rugged charm but added a crane to attract captains and a back hatch favored by smugglers. The tavern has survived a storm that took two neighboring warehouses and a small raid by a pirate gang; the ceiling still bears a scorch mark from that night.

Quirks

The tavern's lanterns are never lit on the same schedule twice — Marta insists the unpredictable light 'keeps the gulls guessing.' A carved wooden anchor behind the bar doubles as a secret lever that opens a hatch to a narrow smuggler's tunnel on quiet nights.

Lore

Seafarers say the tavern's carved anchor came from a ship that vanished in the Mouth of Whitewater and that the Sea-Mother blessed the first pot of stew served there, ensuring the Anchor never ran out of fish. Old mariners tell of a tide pool near the Salted Anchor where, once each decade, a glinting scale washes ashore — those who keep it are said to have safer voyages, but it brings storms to others who covet it. The port council refuses to map that pool; most captains nod and say some treasures are not worth their reckonings.

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