<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/gICaxXK.jpg)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Torner, the Hanged Man</strong></span></span></div><br/>Torner laughed heartily as Leigh declined his offer to pay for drinks. He was glad the red-haired youth accepted the offer of company, though. The beer would taste better and go down smoother in company. Before much more could be said, Leigh had found a table with space to spare for the both of them and smoothly took a chair. Torner lumbered on along, and took a seat for himself with a polite nod to the woman who yet remained, alone now the majority of the table's occupants had moved along.<br/><br/>"Greetings, miss." Torner said to blond huntress, offering his greeting with a friendly half-grin. She did indeed appear to have made some progress into her cups, but that was of no great concern to Torner. The chair groaning at the burden of his presence, however, did give Torner some pause and he sat gingerly, spreading his weight out to test the chair. It continued to groan, but eventually settled, and Torner felt some small confidence that the chair would not give and dump him onto the sawdust-covered floor.<br/><br/>"I am Torner. I was born in the northern parts of Grimsor. My father's trade kept the family on the road." The big blond man explained. It was more detail than a first meeting of strangers merited, perhaps, but he had no easy hometown to append to his name. "I passed through Ulskar once, some years ago. Seemed a fine enough place - friendly folk, good mead. There was a tavern . . . the Grey Cod, I believe? . . . it had a great chowder. Stuck to the ribs and warmed like Kotian Fire." He shifted in place, and looked around for a server, trying to attract one so that they might order. His stomach a sound of hunger that managed to be audible in the din of the tavern's interior. "I despair of finding fare so fine here, but what say you, huntress? Does the Squid offer any fine victuals?"