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The Gilded Willow

The Gilded Willow began as a modest coaching inn two generations ago. When Maris Valen leased the building fifteen years ago, she invested in new kitchens, added the hot baths, and introduced a morning buffet to attract merchants and traveling officers. Word of the food and immaculate rooms spread through nearby trade routes, and the inn slowly grew into a regional favorite. Locals say the inn's warm hearth was once tended by an elderly adventurer who left a small iron key hidden in the mortar; Maris keeps that key in a velvet pouch behind the bar as a memento.

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The Gilded Willow

The Gilded Willow began as a modest coaching inn two generations ago.

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Maris Valen

Tavernkeeper

Maris Valen
Half-ElfBard

Keeper's Species

Half-Elf

History

The Gilded Willow began as a modest coaching inn two generations ago. When Maris Valen leased the building fifteen years ago, she invested in new kitchens, added the hot baths, and introduced a morning buffet to attract merchants and traveling officers. Word of the food and immaculate rooms spread through nearby trade routes, and the inn slowly grew into a regional favorite. Locals say the inn's warm hearth was once tended by an elderly adventurer who left a small iron key hidden in the mortar; Maris keeps that key in a velvet pouch behind the bar as a memento.

Quirks

The inn has a resident black-and-white cat named Soot who insists on sleeping on the warmest pillow in any occupied room. Guests who leave a single silver on the windowsill often wake to a neatly folded note with a short couplet - sometimes helpful, sometimes mischievous. Linen napkins are monogrammed with a tiny willow; staff will politely correct diners who try to use the monogrammed napkins as handkerchiefs. The innkeeper greets newcomers by asking three conversational questions in quick succession to judge whether a guest prefers privacy, company, or music.

Lore

Locals tell a half-true tale that the inn stands where an old watchpost once kept guard over the river road. Some say a protective custom lingers - patrons who honor the house with silence at the end of a meal are blessed with safe passage through the valley. The inn's name comes from a willow that once shaded the courtyard; when a storm felled it, the innkeeper carved its wood into spoons and trinkets that are still in use.

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