Tag: indie game dev
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Tavern Backstories: The Parrot and Aye
A coastal tavern as stormy as the sea near which it sits, The Parrot and Aye is famous with seafarers for its mascot, a loud green parrot, the last in a long line of avian marketers. Any sailor—or pirate—coming ashore would not have to look long for somewhere to rest their legs and lighten their Read more
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Tavern Backstories: The Tea-Fling
The Tea-Fling is hard to miss. It sits peacefully amidst cobbled stone in a city nestled in a forest. Ivy and plant grow all along the facade, and as visitors soon discover, continue to grow inside. This tavern is not what an adventurer may be used to. The founder insisted on creating a place of Read more
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Tavern Backstories: Scales and Ales
This tavern remains as gruff and tough as its founder, a brewer obsessed with recreating the legendary Dragonfire Ale. They did eventually perfect the recipe. Though the secret ingredient was not so easy to keep secret, it turns out. To this day, beneath the tavern, a Dragon lies on her horde of gold, heating the Read more
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Tavern Backstories: The Rogue’s Roost
Hidden in a crooked alley of a bustling trade city, The Rogue’s Roost origins are humble, originally a gathering place for thieves to divide their spoils. Slowly it grew into a network of underground stalls. At the center, a particularly entrepreneurial rogue founded a tavern, The Rogues Roost. Slowly the crooked alley turned into a Read more
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Tavern Backstories: Knight’s Rest
The war was long and devastating. Victory came but at an immense cost. This left many knights returning home aimless, no land, titles or purpose. One such knight, laid down his armor and built a humble roadside tavern where warriors could finally rest without fear of battle. He hung his worn shield above the fireplace Read more
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Tavern Backstories: Ye Mimics Wink
Long Before the tavern stood, a wandering adventurer discovered a curious chest in the ruins of a fallen wizard’s tower. Naturally, he tried to open it. It tried to eat him. After barely escaping with his fingers intact, the adventurer felt a kinship with the creature, for he too, was very hungry. He went hunting Read more