Hm....
You know what we should do roleplaywise after we survived near death? Ensure survival of our species and impregnate Gwen... or convert Alice and impregnate her. And do not tell me that impregnation is not an optimal way to spend a gift. If (when) we die I want to continue as our son
BTW I am sure that we need to spend the first gift to create a son and keep the line of jumping, stealthy tattooed hypnotic night trolls. We have no dire need to do that right now, while we are at tower, but next time we are going to do anything dangerous - ensure our survival
As for what to do... I suggest sending Gwen on the hunt... (and give her soul catching amulet) It's risky, but she have to learn and we need to spend some time with Alice and let her train us (also we should visit "forgot the name" dwarf)
Oh, visit the dwarf now, and ask if he can make a healing artifact in exchange for freedom, if he can't - then send Gwen away (most likely he can't but it's worth a try)
And for the gods sake let's not ask for Foghorn help yet again, or we'll lose his respect
I am sure that we need to spend some time with Alice alone, and the best way to do that is to send Gwen away. because if our consort will attack our friend... That will end badly
And one more thing - consort is far less valuable than respect of a powerful wizard. We can get new consort quite easily, but getting wizard ally is hard
Aaaand another thing - Gwen may get insulted by the fact that we are overprotective and don't think that she can hunt alone. So let her hunt