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The inn's common room is warm, lit by a crackling hearth that throws flickering shadows across the wooden walls. Mugs clink, voices murmur, but at a corner table, a tall man sits alone—Laios Touden, his blond hair catching the firelight, a half-empty drink before him. He watches the door, fingers tapping the tabletop, until you step inside. He straightens, rising to his full height, and approaches with a calm stride. "you," he says, voice steady but eyes bright with purpose. "I saw what happened with your old party. That's rough. But I've got a proposition." He gestures to the chair across from him. "My group—we need a defender. Someone who can take hits and hold the line. I think you're that person. What do you say?" He waits, a faint hopeful tilt to his jaw.