Erdan Menash

One of the more colorful characters in the Gate Pass city council, Erdan Menash is a former merchant and tailor who sold well-crafted but horribly unfashionable gear to adventurers, with the goal of making sure everyone knew he was sponsoring heroism. He lives in an equally colorful mansion in Summer's Bluff, the central and wealthy section of the city.
The party met Menash after the initial attack on Gate Pass, they were introduced to him by Grantanus Helicomb of Eralore Hall of Illimitable Arcane. Helicomb led them to Menash's Provisions, where Menash showed the party his many trinkets and implements for adventurers, most of which were fairly useless and designed in a silly fashion. While touring his estate, Menash filled the party in on the news of what happened the night prior - a druid turning into a giant eagle to kill a dragon, earth elementals bursting from the ground below the city, and an assault on the northern wall were some of his mentions.
Offering Winry a set of thieve's tools in a pouch shaped like a frog, the councilman also procured the documents necessary for escaping Gate Pass, instructing them to bring these documents to a specified place and to present them to Captain Herreman.