Half-pint, full adventurer

The next day, Janno was out in the courtyard working on his swordsmanship. The blade sliced through the air, causing a low hum, as the fighter quickly whirled it around before hacking into a wooden dummy.

Nearby, Kassi was watching from under a thatched roof that covered the stables. The female ranger was ideally plucking loose fletchling feathers from her arrows as she watched her new comrade. She had to admit that Janno really knew how to use the sword.

At that point, a young boy scurried over to Janno. Judging from his appearance, Kassi figured he was simply a errand boy. Sure enough, the boy spoke quickly to the fighter who turned and went to his pile lying nearby. He flung the boy a piece of coin and boy graciously nodded and ran off.

"Come, Kassi," Janno called across the courtyard. "Let us go up to Dalia's room. She said that we might have found a new adventurer."

Kassi quickly followed Janno back into the inn and up the stairwell. Dalia's room was way down the hall, but they quickly found it and knocked. The door opened and the druid allowed them entry. Janno nodded as he passed. Kassi gave the older woman and winsome smile and Dalia returned it with one of her own.

Janno looked about the room, filled with plants and other nature curios. "So where is this new adventuring candidate?"

Kassi suddenly noticed a shadow quickly darting to and from Janno. Dalia let out a rich laugh. "You mean the one that has your money pouch?"

Janno quickly looked down at his belt and found his pouch gone. Suddenly the pouch landed on the floor at his feet. He quickly bent down and scooped it up and looked to see a small humanoid, about three and a half feet tall smiling at him.

"A halfling?!?" Janno sputtered. Obviously a rogue, he thought. Very good pickpocket as he has just been victimized of.

"Jolly day, good sir," the halfling piped out. He had sandy brown hair and was wearing a cape that almost covered his shirt and pants. "The name is Glennon. Glennon Longfellow."

Kassi couldn't quite stifle the guffaw that came out of her. Glennon turned toward her and frowned. Dalia rolled her eyes.

Janno quickly stepped in, "Glennon. Pleased to meet you, but pardon my saying this, that is queer choice of name."

"It's just my family name," Glennon said quickly, turning a shade red. "I'm, ah, actually considered tall for a halfling." He quickly composed himself. "Anyway, as you have seen, I can sneak around, steal things, pick locks, find traps and hide and spy very well. I thought a fighter like you would find me a good comrade because, well, you fighters aren't very good at what I do."

Janno had to laugh at that. It sounded better than Kassi's. He sat down and started to engage in conversation. Dalia and Kassi also took seats to listen in.