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The 3 Shields

The 3 Shields was commissioned by three allied shipping magnates centuries ago as a safe house and meeting hall carved into a favored trading cliff. Each magnate gifted a shield — two real, one ceremonial — which were mounted above the main hearth. Over generations, the tavern passed to an order of patron-bards who added the performance stage and expanded private salons to host treaty talks. After a century of neutrality, Madame Elyra bought the establishment and refurbished it into its present refined state while preserving the three shields in the hearth as a reminder of old pledges.

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The 3 Shields

The 3 Shields was commissioned by three allied shipping magnates centuries ago as a safe house and meeting hall carved into a favored trading cliff.

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Madame Elyra Voss

Tavernkeeper

Madame Elyra Voss
HumanBard

Keeper's Species

Human

History

The 3 Shields was commissioned by three allied shipping magnates centuries ago as a safe house and meeting hall carved into a favored trading cliff. Each magnate gifted a shield — two real, one ceremonial — which were mounted above the main hearth. Over generations, the tavern passed to an order of patron-bards who added the performance stage and expanded private salons to host treaty talks. After a century of neutrality, Madame Elyra bought the establishment and refurbished it into its present refined state while preserving the three shields in the hearth as a reminder of old pledges.

Quirks

The tavern rings three small brass shields when the owner announces something important — a subtle ritual from its founding. Patrons often leave a single peeled citrus rind on the windowsill as a small courtesy to the cliff spirits; staff interpret the rind's placement as a hint about the guest's mood (left = privacy, right = receptive, center = inquisitive).

Lore

Local sailors claim the cliff holds a benign spirit called the Watcher, appeased by the citrus rinds and by leaving a coin on the lowest window ledge. Folk say the Watcher once bore a small bronze shield carved with unfamiliar runes; those runes match a crest found in the foundations of a submerged ruin offshore. Nobles whisper that the three shields themselves are keyed to an old maritime code: if removed and arranged, they unlock a sealed ledger hidden somewhere beneath the cliff that contains vows and debts dating back to the tavern's founding.

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