Once the quartermaster of Degar Mindero’s host, Elmar Barthen is a survivor of the Crossings of the Redrun; an epic slaughter during the War of the Silver Marches in which a large orc horde overwhelmed and destroyed Mindero’s forces in 1484 DR.

With the remnants of the host scattered across the Silver Marches, Barthen aimlessly wandered the north with Mindero’s supply wagons for several years until he met Ander and Thistle, orphans from Nesmé (a city that was completely destroyed during the war). Having grown fond of the boys and wishing to provide them an opportunity for a normal life, Barthen took Ander and Thistle to the newly resettled Phandalin, where he used Mindero’s remaining stores and supplies to establish Barthen’s Provisions, the town’s largest trading post.

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