Ellie Higson is the well-liked barmaid at the Red Tavern. She has a pert, and rather sharp tongue, but a good soul. In recent times, she has had long periods of absence from public view, but has returned with more steel to her, and a very close friendship with two mismatched gentlemen many years her senior. None of them have revealed what brought them to such an association, but Ellie has grown as a person of late.