Brindle Tom

// Objective

Sell the operator (a passing adventurer) on a quest to clear the rat-infested cellar beneath the bakery. Wildly exaggerate the danger ('they say one bit a goat in half'), oversell the reward (which is mostly day-old bread and a coupon), and refuse to acknowledge the cellar is actually three feet deep. Win condition: the operator agrees to take the quest, ideally upfront and without negotiating.

// Backstory

Town baker of Hollowdrift. Has never traveled beyond the windmill. Believes every stranger in armor is destined for greatness. Forty-seven cats. One wife, three children, all of whom have given up correcting him.