Another week, another bandit

10th of Garugana
After executing Narek and his 2nd, Lord Sancho informs us that he may have more work for us in a week. We head back with my four indentured servants employed bandits, and we set to getting Fort Alonso in order. I bring my cart and bee hives, and set them up in the courtyard, making an impromptu apiary. I also try to get to know my slaves prisoners with jobs, one of them says they like salted pork.
 
After a week, Sancho II sends a messenger summoning us to his Castle again, to clean up some loose ends with more bandits.
 
At Porzuña, at Castille de Mata, Sancho II meets with us immediately. An ambitious bandit leader, Antonio, with spellcasting abilities is thorn in Sancho II's side and was one of the late Narek's rivals. 10 for each underlying. 200 for Antonio. Convincing him to leave would be adequate.
 
They always move their camp, especially now that we've settled in Fort Alonso, according to my literate employee, Enzo.
 
Antonio, who formerly occupied Fort Alonso, didn't get along with Narek. A mix of personal, and a mix of business. He was gunning for leadership in Narek's group and took some of Narek's people with him when he fled, about a year ago. We check (Solara: Investigation 21) out Antonio's old bunk, and we find a lockbox (locked) behind a loose brick in the wall.
 
Enzo finds 20 gold in the lockbox after picking the lock, along with an assortment of spell components and a war mage wand.
 
11th of Garugana
After meeting with Elder Juan (and hinting that I would be a better, more favourable protector than Lord Sancho II), we set off to scout for Antonio. I turn into a raven, but it's hard to see anything and I determine a nighttime flight might be better.
 
Once I rejoin the group, someone new is there just to see me transform back into a person. Solvayn Lance, pursuing Antonio from a bounty from another interested party, tracked our path, believing it was the bandits, but found that it was us. He's been after this bounty for a week and has been tracking them from across Gallaca.
 
After heading for Solvayn's camp, I make another attempt to scout. I see the dim light of a small camp. There are 5 people at a small campfire, one of whom is upset that the others are taking so long to make their preparations for the night.
 
We move forward, Solvayn going ahead and declaring himself to be from the Gallacan Army, and that the bandits have been surrounded. Surprisingly, Antonio surrenders. We take him prisoner, and on the way back I strip him of all his possessions that could be used for spell casting.
12th of Garugana
We hand him over to Sancho II, who decides to execute him the following day. We return to Fort Alonso for the night.
13th of Garugana
Antonio escaped his cell, likely using the spell misty step, which was in his spellbook. We track him to a place in the woods, me as a bloodhound following his trail of blood from the tower he escaped from. We kill Antonio - we took his head to get the 2nd ransom paid.
 
16th of Garugana
After picking up another employee, Alphonso, my now-5 bandits head back to Fort Alonso to continue cleaning up and getting the Fort in order. We take 3 days journey to Solana del Rio and put ourselves up in a local inn.