Here’s my a small serving of democracy:
Do not convert Alice at all.
Plans: I think we should stay low for few days or at the most a week. Even though Everpine is just one town, it’s still a important to keep a low profile, until things cool down. While waiting we should:
-Have Illtheuim (however you spell it) teach us how to smith. We should have let him build his artifact, once we have materials to hopefully not have such a big list on our hand when the time comes. Once he is gone, we wouldn't have a smith anymore, so we have to get prepared in case we can not hire one.
-Have Kelpmier III teach us how to fight with a spear as she learned how to fight with pole arms a long time ago. (I could be mistaken, but she did say she fought with pole-arms, right?)
-Go into cavern and see what kind of plant life lives there. If there are bugs or birds speak to them as well. This will hopeful get us a +1 in animal empathy.
-Talk to Gwen more about here family, especially what her father does (I think he might have been a merchant or a politician).
-Ask Jimma about her past, she sounded like a very strong warrior.
I am not exactly sure what to do with Cherlyn, but you guys thought of some fine ideas. I wonder where we get our water from, is there a well somewhere in this tower Weirdsound?