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The Sneaky Quick One

The Sneaky Quick One began as a narrow shed on the docks owned by a fleet-footed thief known only as the Quick One. After one successful run and a well-timed bribe to the harbormaster, the shed became a tavern, then a base for runners, fences, and washed-up captains. Over three decades the place filled in around a tree-stout anchor, its cellar was dug deeper into the cliff, and a network of tunnels connected it to other safehouses. When the Quick One disappeared, ownership passed to a cadre of crews who left the tavern's name as an oath and a warning.

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The Sneaky Quick One

The Sneaky Quick One began as a narrow shed on the docks owned by a fleet-footed thief known only as the Quick One.

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Rook Tal

Tavernkeeper

Rook Tal
Half-ElfRogue

Keeper's Species

Half-Elf

History

The Sneaky Quick One began as a narrow shed on the docks owned by a fleet-footed thief known only as the Quick One. After one successful run and a well-timed bribe to the harbormaster, the shed became a tavern, then a base for runners, fences, and washed-up captains. Over three decades the place filled in around a tree-stout anchor, its cellar was dug deeper into the cliff, and a network of tunnels connected it to other safehouses. When the Quick One disappeared, ownership passed to a cadre of crews who left the tavern's name as an oath and a warning.

Quirks

The tavern enforces a simple rule: no steel bared openly at the bar. Blades must be kept sheathed, but loaded crossbows and hidden daggers are tolerated if bags are closed. Patrons communicate via a small set of thread colors woven into handkerchiefs. Red means 'hot goods', green means 'safe', blue means 'watch the tide'. The house keeps a brass coin marked with a tiny fish. When slid into the bar groove it buys one favor from the tavernkeeper or a trusted patron, once per coin. The tavern also makes a point of keeping the lights low and the windows fogged. That low light is a feature not a bug.

Lore

Sailors whisper that the Quick One left a pair of iron tokens that mark safe harbors across the coast. If you place a token when making landfall, friendly crews might slip you supplies or spare a berth. The tavern is also rumored to sit above a short stretch of the old pirate-run smugglerway known as the Salt Vein. Older patrons warn that an old captain's ghost walks the cellar on stormy nights, checking manifests and scolding thieves who take without word.

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