Editing Dark Tides:Maryland (section)

===The Rough House===

Anne Brennan arrived for the founding of the town in 1929 with her 5 year old daughter, and opened one of the taverns. While the locals went to the other tavern for a pint or two after work, the Rough House was from the start the place frequented by dock workers, sailors, and other sorts who worked and partied hard. The rougher sort. And Brennan is known not to mind a friendly fight or two, as long as no one gets killed in her establishment and the house does not burn down.

Should things get too far, or someone bothers her daughter, people will soon learn what Brennan is capable of. She can throw a mean punch and keeps a stockpile of weapons from a club to a blunderbuss under the counter. And she is a painfully accurate shot with a brace of pistols, as a number of people who have had to have a pistol shot removed from their posterior can testify.

This day somewhere close to 50 years of age, Brennan’s red hair shows no hint of gray yet and she still draws stares. Although it is her now 21 year old daughter Mary who draws most of the stares. She has recently started captaining her own vessel, and anyone who bothers her will soon learn that she is her mother’s daughter.

A person with even a bit of streetwise knows that if one is seeking a ship and crew for something discreet, Anne Brennan is the person to talk to. And any crew looking for such a job should visit the Rough House.