Korrok's low, sonorous voice rings out like a great bell from his hidden but apparently slight frame.  "I bid you all good evening, adventurers, priestess, and count myself glad to act as your host.  Please, refresh yourselves, and feel free to get to know my lieutenants."  He leans back and folds his hands in front of his chest, and continues.  "There are many perils facing this young city, one which I intend to guide to heights not reached since the time of the Ancients.  The road shall be long, though, and not without hazard.  I require as many sturdy allies to my cause as can be found, if they find it suited to their character and ideology."<br/><br/>He sips from a cup of wine.  "I will not go to business directly, instead wishing that we should examine each other's characters in conversation.  The priestess Thalia seems to conceal little in one respect, and we may hope will be just as revealing in others.  I will put forth that those of you who render aid will be rewarded - I hope with gold and treasure, and I promise with rank and station.  It is within my power to grant<em>privileges</em>within my realm, and I will be generous to those who earn them."