Eldras Tantur is the local blacksmith (area 9). He’s an opinion setter in town.

Eldras is a plain-dealing sort who knows almost nothing of the current mood and troubles in Red Larch, since he’s so rarely away from his forge.

His wife Laefra, who orders metals via the merchants she deals with, hears much of the troubles, but she tells Eldras and their children none of it. Life is better undarkened by such matters, she figures.