Balnif

Name: Balnif
Gender: Male
Age: Early 70s when he died
Location: Frothing Otter (Exterior)
Titles: 'Balnif', 'the drunk'
Race: Halmorian

Description: Balnif was an older man with a leathery skin that sags from his face like the wax of a melted candle drooping down his unshaven face. Balniff's hair, which was once a midnight black colour, was now mostly grey with just a peppering of it's original colour, and his bushy untrimmed eyebrows shadow beady slits for eyes that were reddened from too much drink. Balnif's clothes were that of a beggar, often torn, muddied and disheveled, and the stench of rum, manure and body odor hung about him like a thick cloak.

Bio: After a dispute at the Academy where Balniff began as a scholar, Balnif's mental stability diminished. He would frequently be seen in bars, especially the frothing otter, drinking until he would lose consciousness. In his conscious moments Balnif would ramble about his genius and how he would exact revenge on those who humiliated his family, but few take the town drunk seriously.
Rumor spread around the Academy about a decade ago that some kind of meal was served to Primus Galen Gray that contained human flesh, and that Balnif was behind this, however the story varied from person to person, and the Primus and the Academy deny the incident.

Balnif tended to stand outside of the Frothing Otter Tavern, and would, in exchange for a few coins, tend your gear or horse. One could guarantee that the coin that Balnif collected will go toward his unhealthy drinking habit, though secretly Balnif did reserve a coin to feed Flounder every so often.

Balnif did not survive the destruction of the Frothing Otter.