Making Money in Beregost

After killing the four Spiders, Pan Long searched the house inside and out once more. He sealed a hole and cleared the webs and eggs from the cellar.

As he worked, he found an unlucky dog tangled in a Spider web. The Spiders had eaten it clean, leaving nothing but its skin.

Fortunately, he found no sign that anyone had been killed.

Where had those strange giant Spiders come from? He had a fair idea. The hole clearly wasn't natural. Someone must have held a grudge against Landrin's family, secretly dug it, and let the Spiders in.

But one question bothered him: to ordinary people, those Spiders were an extreme threat. If someone could catch them and stuff them into a hole, why not simply kill the old couple themselves?

Unfortunately, he was a Barbarian, not that great detective Charname. Otherwise, he would have dug until the truth came to light!

Once he had thoroughly dealt with the wretched Spiders, he followed the old woman's instructions. He took the old boots and aged Wine she kept asking about, along with the Spiders' corpses, and packed them into a wooden crate on the wagon.

"Keep an eye on my crate," he told an inn worker. Only after getting an affirmative answer did he head to Feld's Inn.

Ten minutes with the innkeeper gave him the whole story. In short, a female Mage had concealed her identity, used a business deal as a pretext to trick three foolish merchants into buying supposed "gems," then killed them.

"I have a witness," Old Feld said. "One of her employees, a bard named Garrick, is being held by the constable. He can testify."

"The bard didn't run?" Pan Long was puzzled. He vaguely remembered this quest's story now, but he recalled choosing the Goodness path