Elfsong Tavern
Elfsong Tavern is a popular watgering hole in Baldur's Gate's Lower City, famous and named for the elven spirit that haunts the premise.
Purpose / Function
Elfsong Tavern is primarily a place for visitors to eat and drink, there are a select few rooms available for rent on the tavern's second floor.
Tourism
The unknown elf that haunts Elfsong Tavern is a draw for visitors from near and far. While the spirit is never seen, it makes its presence known with a hauntingly, beautiful song in elven that often brings new listeners to tears. The elf's song is not regular, though she never sings more than twice an evening or during the sunlit hours. Sometimes, up to three days may pass between songs.
In the early days of the Damnation of Elturel in Eleasis of 1497, the elf's song changed for the first time in known memory, when the spirit sung a lament for the fallen Elturel. It's new song, sung in Common, was as follows:
"O sing a song of Elturel / Of water, woods, and hill. / The sun dawns on her ruddy cliffs / And fields green and still. / This land of long-abiding joy / Home of the strong and brave / Renowned by all, across the realms, / And never once a slave. O sing a song of Elturel / When foes are at her door / Her fields torn by cloven feet / From some infernal shore. / Arise the mighty Hellriders / Take up your swift, keen swords / Then charge into the hellish fray / and scatter devil hordes. O sing a song of Elturel / And when the night does fall / Sleep safe beneath Companion's light / Until the dawn does call. / We're bound by mortal covenant / That only ends with death / And so we'll sing of Elturel / Until our final breath."This song was first sung in the presence of the Lost Star Detectives, the heroes that would later end the Damnation of Elturel. Though this change to the elfsong repeated a few times over the next several nights, it soon was replaced again by the original, leaving guests and staff confused at the change.
Type
Pub / Tavern / Restaurant
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