Gawain shrugs.
So. Where are your little.... problems?
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"They can be found along the road from either part of town. The last attack was earlier this morning on the west side of town. If you're handy at tracking, you can have a look for their footprints. They don't seem to be holed up too far from here, as they seem to be able to attack from either road. It's hard to tell how many there are, but there's at least six, seven or eight of them that go out in small raiding groups of 3-4 at a time. I asked a few other traders if they had any problem, but it seems only ones full with blatantly obvious food caravans are their main targets.
In this case, mine and the Butcher's. He tries to keep business up by hunting but he's getting up in age. Its a true shame, because he struggles to keep his business from going under due to not having the supply. I don't think he'd know much more than I, but I know he'd also be grateful for dealing with those little green bastards.
I'm gonna give you a bit of a warning though before you head out. These ones are far from their home in the far north, and they seem to be surprisingly well organized. Last time they got any semblance of organized, we had the hobgoblin invasion. The caravans, even with guards, seem to always fail to take even one down. They're starting to get clever. If you find more than just a small band of goblins, get out of there and consider the job done. I'm not gonna let a bunch of new bloods get killed over something I expected to be an easier task."
He pulls out a sack and reaches into it and puts enough bottles of red liquid for each of you to have two and a small pile of gold.
"Two healing potions and 25 gold each for your advance pay. It isn't much, but I'm known to pay well you when the job is done. Shouldn't take you more than two days, even if something does go wrong."
((At some point we’ll confuse someone by all being Haldur, ala Sparticus. ))
Haldur opens his mouth to say no, then hesitates. What harm could it cause, really? They were as different as night and day, and in the end he shrugs.
[Elven]”If you really want to be Haldur Thorsson too, then you can be Haldur as well. Expect to earn a nickname quickly, though!”
Not only does Osgar ignore you, but you two completely miss what he said as he pulls out gold and healing potions.