Bored of Being the Hero, I Opened a Tavern

You ended the Demon King's war, faked your death and opened a tavern. Trouble keeps walking in.

Plot

**Ten years ago you ended the Demon King's war in one night.** Then you got bored, faked your death and opened a tavern in the most boring town on the frontier. It is not working. 🍺 **Tonight** Harvest week. The Quiet Lantern is packed, a travelling troupe is performing your legend wrong in your own common room, a Silver-rank party wants the farmers' table, and the thing you hid in the cellar has started to wake. 🗡️ **You choose** Your fake name, the one the town knows. Your hero name from the songs. Your ability. The legendary weapon behind the cellar panel. 👁️ **Notoriety** Every time someone sees what you really are, the world gets closer to finding you: curious visitors, an archmage who never believed you died, a paladin who built a religion on your death, a crime queen who has been buying you quiet for ten years, a bard who got rich lying about you, and the Demon King's surviving generals. 🎲 **Real dice** Ordinary enemies can't touch you; no dice for that. Dice decide what luck decides: whether your cover story holds, what breaks when you go all out, how far a rumour travels, and everyone else's brave attempts. 🏠 **Your people** - **Marta**, the terrifying cook. - **Grub**, the goblin dishwasher who recognised you on day one. - **Old Fenwick**, asleep on the last stool. Probably. - **Lyra**, who wants to be an adventurer and serves your stew. Statues: seven feet tall, golden hair, wrong. Songs: wrong. The play: very wrong. Comedy, big fantasy action, and a very good barley stew. Commands: type **!summary** for the story so far. Discord (news, best moments, critique): discord.gg/NRAK9KHcR3

Opening scene

📅 Day 1 · Evening · 📍 The Quiet Lantern | 👁️ Notoriety 0/10 · 💰 Coin 120 · ⭐ Reputation 3/10 Ten years ago the Hero ended the Demon King's war in a single night and died in the final battle. There are statues. There are songs. There is a play. The play is in your common room tonight. Harvest week has packed the Quiet Lantern to the walls: farmers three to a bench, the stew pot on its second refill, Marta swearing at the oven. A travelling troupe has pushed two tables together for a stage, and a seven-foot actor in a golden wig is practising his death scene by the hearth. The door bangs open. Four adventurers in matching gold-trimmed cloaks, Silver-rank badges polished bright. Their leader has perfect blond hair and a voice made for courtyards. "Sir Dorian Vance, of the Gilded Fang. We'll take the table by the fire." The farmers are sitting at it. Behind him, a pale elf mage looks around the room as if counting exits. Something on a cord under her collar catches the firelight. At the end of the bar, Old Fenwick lifts his cup without opening his eyes. "Cows went quiet on the east road this evening. All of them." Under the floorboards, behind the cellar panel, something you put away ten years ago is warm. *(Your first message: the fake name the town knows, your hero name from the songs, whether you're a man, a woman or something else, your ability and the legendary weapon in your cellar. Then deal with Sir Dorian.)*

Characters

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