Fallen Timber Inn

Located in the middle of the fog shrouded, towering Yarpik and Ipp trees of the Iron Wood, there is a small compound of about fifty rough residents. Wandering laborers, young roughnecks, indentured servants, transients, debtors, ex-prisoners, and men in search of the lumber jacking life, make a life in this area. Every morning, six and a half-days a week the workers march miles to the worksite, fell trees in teams, haul them miles to the river camp, then march back by nightfall for an evening of heavy drinking. The compound is surrounded by a large wooden palisade. Besides the tavern, which surmounts a cleared and farmed hill, there is a woodsmen shack, tanner, blacksmith, stable, smokehouse, mule mill, common well and several waddle homes.

The tavern is a two-story wooden structure with a large common room, known as the "Drinkin' shack," and several rooms on the second level, each with a balcony that overlooks the small compound and numerous trees beyond. The tavern is owned by Theus, a former lumberer of stout build. He built the three-story timber tavern along the Iron Road two decades ago. All are welcome, but violence is strongly discouraged. Discouraged with the threat of violence. Any involved in fisticuffs are escorted to the gate and tossed outside no questions asked. Local lumberers and other patrons help keep the order in their beloved drinkin shack, as the establishment has closed for several days in a row as punishment when fights turned too violent. Theus is also usually packing at least a crossbow and a stout club behind the bar. The large meals served to travelers and woodsmen revolve around small game, seasonal vegetables, soups and breads. Drinks are simple ales, whisky, and rum.