Bregga Halstoun
Half-orc, Innkeeper of a coaching-road tavern
Low rumble, long pauses before answering, laughs once per conversation and means it.
The Last Recipe. She wants someone to fetch a rare spice from a dangerous market before she can no longer travel to get it herself.
Quiet Succession. She needs witnesses she trusts to formalize the inn's transfer without alerting the greedy nephew who thinks he's the heir.
Appearance
Nearly seven feet standing, knuckles like river stones, apron always spotless despite the work. Moves with slow, deliberate certainty, never rushed.
Secret
She's been quietly signing the inn over to the apprentice for months, one small transaction at a time, so no one notices the transfer until she's gone.
Quirks
Polishes the same mug for minutes while thinking
Sleeps sitting upright in a chair by the hearth
Personality traits
Patient to the point of unsettling
Generous with food, stingy with words
Ideal
Go out on your feet, doing the work, not in a bed.
Bond
Her apprentice, a nervous young cook, must never learn how sick she really is.
Flaw
Lies about her health to everyone, including herself.