800 Platinum or my Scruples.. Decisions, Decisions.....

So there I was, wondering what I should do for the day whilst taking a stroll, Amaia flying high above me, keeping her ever watchful eye over me, making sure no errant hands make an attempt for my coin purse... not that they would be so successful, but I always appreciate her being near, she is a dear friend and a welcome comfort. BUT HARK!!! There upon the job board, a wanted poster for a wizard? The prize? 800 Platinum!!!! There were other details but for some reason I do not recall them because 800 Platinum!!! My dreams of finding enough coin for Mother seem all the more obtainable now. A Gildengard Knight Captain known as Geoffrey Belessard has requested this mage be capture, or killed, so it is him I must go see.......WE must go see as capturing a man, let alone a wizard on my own could prove troublesome, so Oculo, Jor Haldon, Cayden Amberose, and myself decide to work together. While I still have my doubts about the young man, Cayden is my Nightingale Brethren, so I will treat him as such.
 
We located the very luxurious tent of the Gildengardian Captain and it is made apparent to me, by the guards outside, that the description of the fugitive wizard is a platinum haired sun elf.....like myself.....well shit. Lucky for me that my companions vouch for me, barely, but enough to dissuade my arrest. We are brought before the Knight Captain (who also immediately confuses me for his fugitive....it's clear they have no idea who they seek). Once the confusion was clarified, he informs us that this sun elf is wanted for escaping the blockade imposed by Gildengard upon Daoinfel, the only City owned by the Ludum Praecontatio and my birth home. Gildengard's ridiculous views of magic, mainly that it is a heathen practice that must be stamped out, forces them to blockade what they view as their largest threat and an abomination. However, The Ludum is strong and will not bow to the will of rich men is shiny armor, so I'm not worried about mother. She is well protected.
 
A few of my companions have some issues with the "legality" of pursuing, capturing and handing over a "criminal" to another Kingdom that does not have dominion over Glennhaven. So we set out to speak to the Commander of the Knights of the Elk, who gave us the final word on the matter; Gildengard CAN in fact request the capture of a fugitive in this budding town for they are allies of Aurunem in the war. Something about how he spoke of the situation gave way his true feeling, mostly his disdain for Captain Belessard. It seemed Commander Gurst knew exactly who the wizard was, knew where he was, and what's more, believed him to be innocent. He offered us much less coin to let the man go and look the other way or find another resolution, but this was not sufficient enough for Cayden, nor myself...... 800 platinum is STILL 800 platinum. We thought it prudent to at least speak with the wizard and judge his innocence for ourselves.
 
To my surprise, the fugitive wizard in question was none other than Kelvan, a wizard who has been acting the merchant here in Glennhaven. I have seen him around the tents, but had not reason to approach, but I wish I had earlier. His tent was marvelous, so roomy and spacious within, yet conservative in it's exterior, a TRUE wonder. He explained to us that he was the fugitive in question and that he would willingly turn himself in, IF we listen to his tale.....I hope his story is a good one....
 
IT WAS A GOOD STORY, I was moved by his plight; He has escaped but not alone, with another Sun elf with platinum hair named Faolin Erixdor. This naughty magic user had very peculiar experiments he was interested in continuing away from the eyes of the Ludum and the Gildengardians. He escaped and recreated his laboratory, hid it and himself from the world and resides their still, Kelvan was just about to head out to apprehend him but has been afflicted by some itching powder of sorts, I'm uncertain I had stop listening.
 
What I heard was there was an evil Sun elf that deserves to be stopped and detained, there is an officer willing to pay 800 platinum for an evil magical sun elf with platinum hair. There is another officer willing to pay us for allowing this particular sun elf in front of us to go free.... and this sun elf just promised to owe us favors for stopping the evil sun elf. Win, win, win and a win!!!! THERE IS NO LOSS FOR ME HERE, I LOVE THIS QUEST!!!
 
I HATE THIS QUEST!! We arrive a day and a half later to the EbonClaw Mountains in the area indicated by Kelvan and found a small cave housing an UPSIDE DOWN WIZARDS TOWER! Why? What is the point of constructing a tower in this fashion? Once we climbed up, or down not sure, into the tower we immediately see another door and I noticed it is magically trapped, to do what you ask, to open a trap door above Jor Haldon and dropping a Gelatinous Cube upon him. As it gave chase to us back out of the tower, Cayden and Jor manage to get behind it. It kept chasing Oculo and myself until my ice knife froze and shattered the devilish thing. We both re-entered the tower just in time to meet the gaze of a Spectator's 5 eyes staring, and paralyzing my body. Luckily, Jor ended it's miserable existence, clearing our way.
 
This hallway had 3 doors, a heavy locked door to the north and a simple door to the eat and west. Without going into much detail as to why, I had found myself with the ability to turn inanimate objects invisible, so I touched each door and everything behind was visible. Behind the door to the east was a large and quite frightening Snail with eye stalks that looked like flails, NO THANK YOU. Cayden proved his prowess by sneaking into the door from the top, climb along the wall, lift the lever in the room and climbing and sneaking back out , quite masterful. The door to the west held an equally large but slightly less frightening floating spectral hand, but I was able to see the lever through the door and use my own...smaller.....spectral hand to lift it, unlocking the door to the north, hiding away our fugitive wizard who was tapping roughly on a door covered in runes, I assume in an attempt to escape.
 
Faolin decided to engage us rather than coming quietly, no, definitely not quietly. The fight was certainly treacherous and he proved no slouch, but we were the victors none the less. Now we have a body to take back to Knight Captain Belessard. We inspect the door and note it to be a magical lock require a very specific spell in order to open, We know which spell is require but none of us have that sort of magic, we will have to return to this place to remote all it's treasures ourselves. We return with the body and everything proceeds absolutely perfectly; we return the body and collect 800 platinum, we tell Commander Gurst of the "sun elf" delivered to the Gildengardians who now have no reason to stay in Glennhaven, got paid 800 gold, and finaly returned to Kelvan to let him off the hook to which he promises his services to us. And as if this day could not get any better, upon our return, Cayden, Beatrix and I decide to build and open a REAL tavern here in Glennhaven and we decide to call it Songbird's Hollow in honor of our Nightingale Surname. What a lucrative few days!!!