<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/dc/Ruri_for_earthdawn.jpg)</div><strong>Kili</strong><br/><br/>Ivan and Ibran were still trying to figure out who the beautiful young woman with the fiery hair was when she disappeared upstairs to the private meeting.  They were too professional to talk among themselves about it while on duty, but they couldn't place the curvacious shieldmaiden who'd just favored them with a glowing smile and greeted them by name.<br/><br/>In truth, Kili was somewhat embarrassed.  It had been years, but she sure that the last time she'd been here she'd found a way to tell the burly blond bouncers apart.  If she hadn't been so busy pining over the man staying in the room next to her's, making two of the hired girls giggle and moan and squeal long into the night, she could have had some fun flirting with them.<br/><br/>She snorted at that idea and shook her head.<em>I was what, fourteen?  Those are decent guys, they wouldn't do anything with a kid.  And Dorian would have turned them into toads if they tried.</em><br/><br/>The beautiful redhead was half pouting, half scowling as she stepped through the door, then turned back to glance at the door frame before closing it and turning back to those she shared the room with.  “Nice wards,” she commented, then tapped on the floor with her hard soled, high healed boot.  She nodded in approval and gave a wave.<br/><br/>“Kili of Miler's hollow.  Well met to you all.”  She crossed to the table and put together a generous plate of the inn's finest hospitality, then smiled as she poured herself a mug of the halfling mead.  “Last time I was here, I was too young for anything this strong.”  The redhead sat and took a pull on the mead.  “Wow.  It's just as good as I imagined!”