You walk into the Wanton Mermaid and you see a very modest Tavern and Inn. The Inn Keeper is also the bar keep. The furniture is plain and the the crowd is made up of working folks. The food is modest and the ale is fair. At some point early in the conversation someone mentions the name of Lothar and the bar keep, Michael is his name, seem fairly loose lipped on the subject.
"Lothar: Lothar moved into Twin Forks about five years ago. Said he was tired of traveling, that he was looking for a nice quiet place to live. Most of the local folk were a bit nervous havin’ an adventurer type like Lothar in our little village. But he’s not been much problem.
He is a bit of a nervous type, if you know what I mean. He doesn’t like strangers, especially strangers who come asking questions about him. No, don’t worry. He won’t hear it from me." You can tell there is no love-loss between Michael and Lothar. "You look like honest folk, not like those fisher-folk from Colvin that sometimes come to visit. You can find Lothar in the last house on the east road."
He fills your mugs and begins to go back to the bar.