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ElfSong Tavern

ElfSong Tavern was founded three decades ago by an elven minstrel named Saeris and a human smuggler known as Thorn Ryn. It began as a quiet place where sailors could barter stories for song. As the harbor grew, so did the tavern's appetite for coin and conflict. The elven lute that hung above the bar was a gift from Saeris; after her disappearance during a storm, the tavern took on a rowdier life. It rebuilt after a notorious brawl that set the eastern eave alight, earning the tavern its scarred beams and a reputation as the place to be when you want trouble with a soundtrack.

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ElfSong Tavern

ElfSong Tavern was founded three decades ago by an elven minstrel named Saeris and a human smuggler known as Thorn Ryn.

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Merran 'Hook' Thalor

Tavernkeeper

Merran 'Hook' Thalor
HumanBard

Keeper's Species

Human

History

ElfSong Tavern was founded three decades ago by an elven minstrel named Saeris and a human smuggler known as Thorn Ryn. It began as a quiet place where sailors could barter stories for song. As the harbor grew, so did the tavern's appetite for coin and conflict. The elven lute that hung above the bar was a gift from Saeris; after her disappearance during a storm, the tavern took on a rowdier life. It rebuilt after a notorious brawl that set the eastern eave alight, earning the tavern its scarred beams and a reputation as the place to be when you want trouble with a soundtrack.

Quirks

When a shanty dies down, someone always tosses a coin at the carved elven lute over the bar; if the coin rings, a sailor must tell a true sea-story on pain of a free round. The tavern keeps a bell that is rung instead of a curfew — once rung, no fights on the floor for ten minutes (though insults can continue).

Lore

Locals whisper that Saeris's lute binds a small current of sea-magic: when the right chord is struck, old tide-routes and a reef-trap can be revealed — or hidden. Smugglers favor the tavern because the back hoist drops straight into a sealed cellar that opens only at a certain tide. Folk also tell of a drowned chapel off the harbor where an elven bell rings when the moon is high; many claim the bell's song once lured Saeris to the depths. Superstitious sailors avoid singing that melody on storm nights, but the tavern's shanties sometimes slip a phrase of it into the chorus, and strange things follow.

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