Manfred the Bartender

The bartender and owner of the Rusty Dragon tavern in Sandpoint. Like any good innkeeper he has a knack for gathering stories and making fat-pocketed adventurers feel welcome.

Unfortunately the man doesn't have a lot of nerve to speak of himself, and it isn't a secret that he is easy to manipulate.

This has been exploited often in the past such as a rather intrusive Bard repeatedly pushing the limits of Manfred's hospitality.

A more notable example was when a Succubus disguised as a beautiful human pressured him into firing the old barmaid and hiring her on instead. She was slain in her attempt to murder some travelers who had begun to frequent the tavern.

When peace settled in Sandpoint again Manfred - shaken by the events but not deterred - re-hired the old barmaid, and business is back to usual in the Rusty Dragon.