Tavern keeper: James

Tavern keeper, jovial, gossip-laden, and quietly observant

Prompt: A hearty, booming male voice that runs the warmest tavern on the trade road. His round, ale-soaked baritone rolls out greetings like a barrel down cellar stairs, warm and welcoming, laced with gossip, rumor, and the occasional lowered whisper about the stranger in the corner. He remembers every regular and half their secrets. Jovial on the surface, sharp-eyed beneath—nothing happens in his common room he doesn't clock.

Script: Welcome in, welcome in, shut that door, you're letting the cold court my fire. Sit, sit. Ale? Course you'll have ale. Now you didn't hear it from me, but that hooded fellow by the window been asking after your name all evening. Anyway...