Around town, you will learn that Rastellion to Bree to deal with the paperwork from the sale of his father's farm, north of Trestlebridge, and was given quite the run-around as the mayor's office muddled the registration of the deed and certification of funds.

While waiting on the bureaucrats, he tried his hand at a bit of trading - something he enjoyed at home in the weekly markets - and found he had quite the knack for it. So much so, in fact, that Anadyrt of the Bree Adventures Association hired him on to be the fledgling association's factor, on a temporary basis, until Rast could determine his long-term plans.

By the time the sale came through, Rast had made a comfortable life for himself in Bree, and he now finds himself reluctant to leave it to return to the drudgery of insecure farming in the north downs, despite his father's wishes. He's especially inclined to stay in Bree on account of his budding relationship with Immalaine -- an unexpected development for him, as he's still reeling, to some degree, from the wounds inflicted by a broken engagement up north.

Things, however, are about to get more complicated...

(More details about Rastellion's experiences in Bree can be found in  The Adventures of Immalaine and Rastellion)