Aradin Beno
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It wasn't very strange for mercenaries to hire themselves out to the highest bidder, but you had something in particular to find.
The "Beno Boys", as they were called, answered your flyer first, needing some work after whiffing a job for the wizard Lorroakan... though it's the word of a wizard who collects trinkets.
Aradin, the leader, had been set to meet you at the Elfsong, a local tavern in Baldur's Gate.
"I suppose you're the one hirin' us? We've got steel if you've got coin."