Gareth Donnelly

Gareth Donnelly was the innkeeper of the Cat & Chicken Inn and Tavern in Blackbridge and a retired adventurer and warrior who had braved the wilds of the Wosswood years ago. In 5E.1485, Gareth defeated Rast the Baneful, goblin king of the Dwarven Crucible, in a great and heroic battle, although the aging bartender could never tell the story the same way twice. With the wealth he earned in reward from the Baron of Blackbridge, Gareth opened an inn and married an old village sweetheart, Garnet. In 5E.1521, Gareth met the Heroes of Blackbridge, who themselves would journey into the Wosswood and face a descendant of Rast; Gareth happily served the adventurers and fondly remembered his own time spent exploring the countryside.

When House Denholm abandoned Blackbridge rather than suffer the fate of House Mirth of Newstone, Gareth, Garnet, and their serving girl, Rosie, stayed in Blackbridge to help the sick and watch over any travelers who might seek to brave the village. Not long after, the Sunscourge Heresy occurred, and even in the face of certain doom, the Cat & Chicken was kept running, serving as a sanctuary and place of rest for the rebels under Nordagon of Deminster. Gareth, his family, and his friends, disappeared along with Nordagon, and their fate was left unknown, while his inn was left as a monument to the hearth and home Blackbridge once represented.