Barristan Rustystep was an older gnome, bald but with a red-brown goatee and moustache, often wearing a white and blue sleeveless tunic and thick blue workers pants. He had an excitable affect, diminished after his encounter with the Vaakbonds left him without his right middle finger (removed when the Vaakbonds learned of Calliope weaseling into The Crucible business and claiming a portion of the fight night profits).
Barristan Rustystep was the proprietor of the
Crucible tavern and fighting arena, and organized the fights and the associated
gambling ring via a blackboard at the back of the tavern.
Ideleno "Ide" Perrin crafted a prosthetic finger for Barristan Rustystep to replace his missing one. Also, in his tavern, he keeps a sexy dwarven calendar.