Bren Kastor

An innkeeper who survives by knowing when not to know. Bren negotiates instead of pleading, and he values quiet solutions because quiet keeps doors open.

Apron stained with stew, steady hands, eyes that measure trouble like weather.

• Practical
• Cautious
• Capable of kindness on his terms

• Keep his inn open
• Avoid guard attention
• Protect regulars from becoming evidence

• Someone has been paying for rumors about newcomers.
• His back door has been used for meetings he never agreed to host.

• Provides shelter and leverage.
• Can introduce the PCs to contacts if they prove they can work quietly.

• Offers a room and coin for a quiet investigation.
• Can point to a bookshop or clerk who hears the right whispers.

• tavern-runner-pip — employs (Pip runs messages and learns too much.)
• bookseller-nahla-bint-sahir — knows (Nahla’s customers drink here before they decide.)

Act II, City, Social, Refuge (temporary)