Editing ALVATIA: Ingsby - Inn (section)

==Inn Residents==

===John Long===

John Long, the innkeeper, is a stout man of 50 years. His ruddy face is surrounded by curly red hair, with some gray; crow’s foot wrinkles radiate from the corners of his eyes. He wears a stained apron over his drab tunic. He is not an intellectual, active, or talkative man, and responds to most requests with various grunts – of course, he has known many of his patrons for their entire lives, and they easily interpret his scanty language. The inn was his father’s before him, and he has few ambitions; a lack of competition or comparison keeps his customers coming back. He resents travelers who complain about the provisions and accommodations provided by his inn – in his view, they should be happy to have supper and a roof over their heads.

===Ethel Long===

His wife, Ethel, is a careworn and fatigued woman. Almost ten years younger than her husband, she has coarse black hair and dark eyes. She usually smells of kitchen smoke. Caring for her children, and working in the kitchen, have left her with little time for rest or the appreciation of pleasure. She is very pious, and when free time is (rarely) presented will be found at the shrine.

===Gertrude Porter===

Ethel’s sister, Gertrude, is 35 years old. She and her son, Ronald, became part of John Long’s household after her husband died of a fall into a frozen pond four years ago. Gertrude appreciates what her sister and John have done for her and Ronald, but John is not someone who encourages loyalty or gratitude. Given half a chance, Ethel would leave the inn, or even Ingsby, if she thought she and her son would be better off. Ethel has charge of the ale-brewing for the inn, and is proud of the fact that she has never been fined for weak ale.

Ethel and Gertrude are the older sisters of Bertram, the village wright.

===Ronald Porter===

Ronald is the 13 year old son of Gertrude. He does not enjoy living at the inn, as John and Ethel’s younger children are not very nice to him. He is given a lot of chores to do in the inn yard, and has been considering going to a city, or entering service with some lord.

===Karl Long===

Karl, John’s eldest son, is 22 years old. A very handsome young man, quiet (but not so much as his father), he is considered quite marriageable by many folk in this and some nearby villages. Most of the people his age have been married for two or three years already, and he takes some teasing for it. He daydreams of a romantic life in the big city -- the product, perhaps, of listening to too many traveller's tales in his father's inn.

===Terry Long===
===John Long the Younger===

Two younger children, Terry (age 10) and John (age 9), are also part of the household; they often tease Ronald. Of all the children in the village, these two boys have the least chores to do, and thus the most free time.

An un-named female cat is kept and fed by the inn.