<span class="bbc_u"><strong>1.  Evangeline</strong></span><br/>Twin was not getting up.  He was not waking up.  He was bleeding profusely, his face misshapen and bruised.  A pool of blood surrounded his head.  It<em>did not</em>look good.<br/><br/>Though her strength was below-average, she was able to pick Twin up from the ground, sling his arm over her shoulder, and drag him back towards the inn.<br/><br/>Fuck, where was everyone?  There was no one nearby.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>2.  LYNARRA AND TINALIA</strong></span><br/>Alger did have an apprentice.  She was actually standing there.  Of course, she had not been introduced.<br/><br/>"Aye," Alger said.   "I've an apprentice.  This is Maza Fieldsaller.  She's as good an apprentice as I've ever met, and she isn't even a dwarf."<br/><br/><strong>3. KATHRA</strong><br/>Trilana clapped her hands with excitement.<br/><br/>"The men in this town are so afraid of the Redbrands," Trilena said.   "Even though we outnumber them ten-to-one.  Oh, bless me, this is truly a remarkable day, my lady, as I've prayed to the gods for a blessing, and it has brought you to me."<br/><br/>She hugged Kathra and then held her hands.<br/><br/>"They showed up a couple of months," she said.   "Showed up at around the time of that wizard disappearing.  He was a friendly fellow, a member of the Lord's Alliance, they say, and he goes missin' jus' as these good fer' nothings showed up.  An' we aren't meant to know this, but I've overheard them say their leader's name:  Glastaf.  I know they hang out near the Sleeping Giant, but I don't know if that's where they stay."<br/><br/>"If you are goin' to do something about it, there's a fellow up the ways that has an orchard.  He used to be an adventurer, but retired.  I think he could help you fight, if it came to that."<br/>