The Tavern Keeper
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Last published Wed, Oct 1, 2025
Mira of the Woodsland may had been a little bit of a goof, a humorous and a slow potion-maker, but a passionate and loyal woman of her age.
When her mother had died of a curse from an ancient spell that had never been seen before, she was devastated. Not knowing what to do, she had turned to her father, who is a keeper of a potion tavern just at the East of the Kingdom Eilys, the black forests of Woodsland. Now she works day and night, working under her father who brews a darker story from her mother's grave.
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