[Quest] Head to the 'West Wall' district and hold your position, kill Rodi Nightbrize, and capture the Moon Elf Luna. Payment: one magic item. [Quest description] Every privilege enjoyed by the Drow Nobility came from Lolth's grace. Should anyone dare forsake that grace, their only fate was to suffer punishment upon the altar. Rodi Nightbrize, a prominent member of the Nightwind Family, was planning to flee Sammoril on the eve of the Holy Day Celebration. Yet this second daughter did not know that everything was part of Matron Mother Quelyn's plan. She merely hoped that her mentally malformed daughter could provide one final bit of value to the family before her death. Quest reward: 1,500 experience points.
Quelyn seemed particularly pleased by Renato's initial hesitation.
She clearly believed that the wandering Drow was so awed by the status of a noblewoman that he dared not immediately agree to her command.
But that was not why Renato was considering it. He had long since noticed Rodi's desire to escape; he simply had not expected the Nightwind Second Daughter to act so rashly and impulsively.
Did Rodi really think she could escape this way? Even setting aside how she would get over the city walls or survive in the wilderness, how could someone of her strength possibly deal with the Shadowblade and Inquisitors the Ruling Council would send after her?
Perhaps she had been too well protected. Whenever Renato thought of Weapon Master Aknath's ambiguous attitude toward Rodi, he found himself uncertain of the price he would pay for accepting this quest.
Still, once he remembered that he could leave the quest pending in the [Guide], with no penalty and no obligation to complete it, Renato accepted it.
Aknath was one of the few people in the Nightwind Family whom