Baron Yoren d'Ghallanda (CG male halfling expert 3/bard 4) is the patriarch of House Ghallanda and runs the houses operations from Gatherhold in the Talenta Plains. Each region under the house's influence is governed by a group of viceroys with Yoren at the center of all activity. As with many of his viceroys, Yoren not only runs the affairs of his house but also has a business of his own as a master chef and is as likely to be found in the kitchens of his great hall as in the council chambers.