Equally wary of Jinsashi, especially now that he has revealed his worship of a dragon, Dusk ponders her words carefully, "My duty is to protect my people, but to be effective at what I must do in the future I must first gain experience and thus I this is why I quest. I heard rumours that there were those who are in need here, and so I here I am. Oh and you may call me Dusk. What about you? What brings you to Taldareth? Do you live here?"

"Interesting, I've never met a dragon worshiper before." says Kiyo. Listening to the others, she nods, "I too heard there was need here. The people seem uneasy but not abused."

Perrin chuckles at Kiyo's comments. "I'd be uneasy if a dragon held threat over me, and often just the threat is enough to keep people in check. And you may find yourself plenty more dragon worshippers travelling these parts. If the dragon rules the roost here, guaranteed you'll find people that worship it, if only to keep their lives."

As you talk amongst yourselves it is approaching later in the afternoon and more people have entered the bar. For the most part it is mostly humans, a few halflings and a single kobold.

Perrin carefully watches the kobold as he enters and moves around the bar. Can any marks or insignia be seen on him?

Jinsashi looks a little taken aback at the sudden crowd he's accumulated. "Jinsashi," the dragonborn says, recovering his composure. "Jinsashi Nemmonis, cleric of Bahamut. I hail from Azrsurinyaneh in the Unbound Collective." He turns his gray eyes on Perrin. "And I worship no mere mortal dragon. My master was never mortal; he was born beside his brother Tiamat from Asgorath — a god — eternal — from the beginning. No matter how powerful Kalirathza may be, he will perish one day." Jinsashi dips his scaly chin in a defiant nod before his eyes suddenly grow worried. He quickly glances around at the various faces, searching them for a reaction to his bold proclamation.

Dusk drops her voice so it is only audible to those in the little group, "I see. We may perhaps be like minded after all. Sadly, my efforts to glean any information have come to naught"

The humans glance over at what is said but they shrug it off as though they are used to hearing things from drunk patrons. The halflings seem to be occupied with themselves as the two of them sit down at a table and start to deal cards out from a deck one produces. The kobold on the other hand pauses and looks to Jinashi.

"You would do well to watch your tongue. Holyman or not you will be put to work in the mines for talking like that." 

The kobold seems to be simply dressed underneath a well kept suit of studded leather armor. On his hip is a fine looking rapier and a hip quiver of bolts that seem to go with the crossbow on his back. His stance is neutral as if he was merely giving a warning.

On his armor is a single metal band that you have seen some of the guards wearing. It has a few marks to show he may have some rank.

"Is it crime to speak the truth?" Nirrea asked the kobold. "The priest made no threats, merely statement of fact. We all die some day, dragons merely many days later than others. But to happier conversations than death! Come my new friend let me buy you a drink to clear up any misunderstandings." With that she attempts to guide the scaly one over to the bar while looking back at Jinashi and giving a wink.

Kiyo gives the kobold a respectful head bob "We were unaware of the local custom here. Just having friendly conversation."

Perrin leans in to speak quietly with Jinsashi, Dusk and Kiyo, once the kobold has gone. "Touchy ones, aren't they. Perrin's the name. Couldn't help but overhear that you were in search of information but were coming up dry. I do love a bit of gossip and rumour, and am reasonably good at prying it from tight fists. Happy to help with whatever your investigation needs." He beams them all a toothy smile as he stands back up to lean against the wall beside them.

"I don't make the laws. But it is a crime to speak against Kalirathza in anyway that can seem like descent."

Jinsashi gives a polite nod to the kobold. "Of course," he says, then switching to Draconic: "My apologies. I did not mean to say anything that would be against the law. Thank you for the warning." After the kobold goes about its business, the dragonborn looks around the group, speaking somewhat softly (in Common), but not so low as to appear to be telling secrets. "Are you all travelers from somewhere else?"

"Yes, I heard that the local government was looking for constables." Kiyo says. Deception 5

Jinsashi looks at the elf for a couple of heartbeats before giving silent nod.

Perrin nods, "Traveling entertainer and... locksmith I suppose you'd say," he chuckles then continues. "Heard of troubles about and the possibility of a..." he stops looks around the room, then instead of saying "dragon", charades the beast, "... You know, one of them sort of bountiful finds."

Nirrea wanders back over to the table after escorting the kobold to the bar. "The only bounty I need is a song to make me immortal." The giant goliath proclaims in what must pass for an attempt at quietness. "Failing that though, good enough coin would do the trick."

The kobold nods and goes to the bars placing several coins on the counter that the bartender scooped up before depositing a tankard in front of him. As he sips at the drink he keeps an eye on everyone in the bar.

Dusks sips on her spiced wine as the tension slowly dissipates. She then answers the question posed by Jinsashi, "I am from Dask Thaczil. I believe it is known to your people as the Unbroken Wilds."

Once it seems at the party is no longer arousing his suspicion, the guard turns around and begins to talk to the bartender. As time passes it's slowly begins to become later in the evening and a few more people come into the bar to both order drinks and join in on the card games already set up by others.