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Rafter and Roar

Built forty years ago by a retired river smuggler who favored noise and profit over decorum, the tavern began as a dockside alehouse. Over decades it moved farther from the river and deeper into the market quarter, keeping the same rough reputation. It changed hands twice after bloody brawls, but the current keeper, a former bladesman, purchased the place ten years ago and kept the rough welcome while tightening the ledgers. Rumor says one of the original founder's hiding places still remains under the kitchen floor.

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Rafter and Roar

Built forty years ago by a retired river smuggler who favored noise and profit over decorum, the tavern began as a dockside alehouse.

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Merrin Oakhart

Tavernkeeper

Merrin Oakhart
HumanFighter

Keeper's Species

Human

History

Built forty years ago by a retired river smuggler who favored noise and profit over decorum, the tavern began as a dockside alehouse. Over decades it moved farther from the river and deeper into the market quarter, keeping the same rough reputation. It changed hands twice after bloody brawls, but the current keeper, a former bladesman, purchased the place ten years ago and kept the rough welcome while tightening the ledgers. Rumor says one of the original founder's hiding places still remains under the kitchen floor.

Quirks

The house uses a raucous bell to start brawls and end bets. If a patron rings the bell and no bouncers stop them within two minutes, the tavern considers the contest fair. The barkeep collects 'sunglass' tokens for table credit. On the third Wednesday of each month the lights are dimmed and a 'truth song' is sung, where storytellers tell a secret in exchange for a drink. The tankards are all mismatched, each with a faded symbol that marks a story or debt tied to that cup.

Lore

Locals call the place the Rafter and Roar after the way the rafters carry voices into the night. Old sailors remember the founder's calling card: a chipped blue tankard painted on the door. Superstitious types claim the cellar holds a sealed chest with a map leading to a ruined chapel outside the city. Whether true or not, moonlit travelers sometimes see torchlight moving in the fields near that chapel, and a pilgrim's bell from long ago rings in the tavern on nights when no one rings it.

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