<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/92/38/be/9238be8625e38d36b6e8a4b6fa80c211.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">THE DRAGON'S DEMAND </span><br/>A Pathfinder Adventure<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYXoVxwm-w1sGkDHRhoekO1POhsb4Aa5CeQcaiGNvEyzeiUI5h)</div><br/>You find yourself sitting in the common room of the Wise Piper Tavern.  Your caravan is stranded in Belhaim.  Belhaim is a small town in the Verduran Province of the nation of Taldor, and it is ruled by a baroness.  Here is a brief history of the town:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Belhaim was founded shortly after the Dragon Plague years of 3660 AR to 3672 AR, when Taldor's emperor gave Tula Belhaim the title of baroness in charge of the Verduran Fork which includes Dragonfen. This was due to her fighting prowess, where she led a group of prestigious dragonslayers. Those who followed her to this area quickly founded the town named after the baroness. Soon after, a group of monks of Irori built a monastery, the Monastery of Saint Kyerixus.<br/><br/>After the baroness and her husband died, rule of the town fell to distant relations of her husband Arturic Canteclure. The Castle Tula was destroyed in 4500 AR when Baron Sarvo Canteclure joined a rebellion. It has since been called the Witch Tower, and was preceded by the disappearance of the monks. Sir Arkold Devy, one of those credited with bringing down Canteclure, was awarded the barony next, and his descendants have ruled since. Historically, the town has made its money from a nearby limestone quarry.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Greetings, foreigners," the proprietor of this fine establishment said as she neared.  She was a homely-looking woman, a bit young, by the name of Talia Orem.  When the town guard arrested your caravan boss, Silas Gribb, on a warrant for smuggling, Talia took you in.  And now...<br/><br/>"I brought you something to eat," she said.  "You must be starving."<br/><br/>Two dwarven servers laid out a spread of fresh bread with cheese and honey, and set down watery mead before every member of the unfortunate party.  Though most of you were a part of the ill-fated caravan, and most of you even worked for Gribb, you were all still just strangers.<br/><br/>"My name is Talia Oreg, if you didn't know," she said.  "This is my tavern.  Now, I've given you hospitality.  In these parts of the woods, that means you have to tell me who you are."<br/><br/><strong>Introductions are in order.</strong>