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The Sputtering Keg

The Sputtering Keg started as a supply shack left behind after a caravan ran off to war some two decades ago. Marta found the place half-buried in sand, patched the roof with metal sheets from a crashed sky-cart, and turned it into a hub for scavvers, exiles, and fortune-hunters. Over the years it has sheltered smugglers, housed impromptu councils to divide spoils, and been burned once (the east wall still bears scorch scars). Marta's ledger contains notes from a forgotten engineer who once mapped subterranean cisterns beneath the wasteland — an entry that drew attention the day the Collector first appeared.

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The Sputtering Keg

The Sputtering Keg started as a supply shack left behind after a caravan ran off to war some two decades ago.

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Marta 'Rust' Halver

Tavernkeeper

Marta 'Rust' Halver
HumanRogue (Thief archetype)

Keeper's Species

Human

History

The Sputtering Keg started as a supply shack left behind after a caravan ran off to war some two decades ago. Marta found the place half-buried in sand, patched the roof with metal sheets from a crashed sky-cart, and turned it into a hub for scavvers, exiles, and fortune-hunters. Over the years it has sheltered smugglers, housed impromptu councils to divide spoils, and been burned once (the east wall still bears scorch scars). Marta's ledger contains notes from a forgotten engineer who once mapped subterranean cisterns beneath the wasteland — an entry that drew attention the day the Collector first appeared.

Quirks

The tavern is covered in talismans made from old bullets, teeth, and trinkets; patrons hang new ones on the rafters when they leave. The lighting is provided by jars of phosphorescent fungus and a single, perpetually sputtering lantern called 'Old Blink' that Marta swears is lucky. Conversations are often punctuated by the distant howl of wind over scrap-metal dunes and the occasional clank from a locked crate that nobody claims.

Lore

Locals say the rafters of the Keg hold charms that keep 'sand-voices'—the restless spirits of those lost in the dunes—at bay. Old timers insist the tavern stands above a seam where pre-fall ley-lines fray, which is why strange, preserved things wash up nearby. A faded sigil above the door hints that the building once belonged to a relief guild that kept survivors alive after the Fall; many relic-hunters believe objects from that guild are of high value to enclave archivists.

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