Character: Rudy       Tagged: Lissa<br/><br/>Rudy held his mug up as well, hoping to get the bartender's attention so he could get a refill, too. "Nice to meet you, Lissa. I'm called Rudy Smoothstone. A pleasure to meet you.<br/><br/>His cheeks turned red behind his collar, he was embarrassed that she had heard his stomach growl. He shook his head. "The kindly tavern keeper told me the kitchen was closed. I can just eat some rations in my room later and fill upat breakfast." He reached up and unbuttoned the top buttons of his collar, revealing the bottom half of his face, which was, as she could tell before, completely beardless. But he still had a strong jaw and his nose was much less bulbous than an average dwarf. He gave her a nervous grin, revealing clean, straight teeth. "It's...dark and dingy. Underground I mean. I'm...somewhat biased, but I didn't like it all that much. Especially the hold I was born in. Some dwarven clans are in decline. Wars with neighboring creatures and mines running dry can do that. Our enclave hadn't found any new viens of any decent size in generations and we had offended our allies. The remaining dwarves were all living in the past. Wanting to relive their glory days, they started perpetrating raids on the deep goblins and the other settlements nearby, calling it war and placing the value of the individual on how well he did in these raids. Also, they mistrusted anyone capable of using magic. I wasn't a wizard yet, though, so they just didn't like me becauseI was small and beardless."<br/><br/>He shook his head and looked down at his hands, hands that were still big by human standards, but not thick fingered and rough like average dwarf. "Some of the others weren't near as bad, since I've had plenty of opportunity since then to visit other dwarven enclaves since then. But my home soured me on it somewhat."