<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>GM'S NOTES (CONT'D)</strong></span></div><br/><strong>1. KATHRA.</strong><br/><br/>"Make no mistake, ma'am," Trilena said.  Trilena was the innkeeper's wife.   "Everyone in town's petrified of these miscreants called the Redbrands.  Why, Thel Dendrar, a very man who carved our barcounter, stood up to them a tenday ago when they came by his shop and leered at his wife.  The ruffians murdered him.  Several townfolk saw it happen.  The Redbrands grabbed his body, and now his wife, daughter, and son have all gone missing, too.<br/><br/>And it goes on and on," she added.   "Just the other day, Qelline Alderleaf's son, little Carp, almost got kidnapped by them.  The only folks they won't hassle are Thornton's outfit, the Phandalin Miner's Exchange.<br/><br/>"And talk to the Townmaster about it, ha!" Trilena crossed herself.   "That fat oaf's too scared to do anything about them."