"I-" Eleanor was taken aback by Oriana's sudden stream of questions. She finally settled for, "Will you trade me my freedom for your answers?"<br/><br/>It seemed a wiser idea to pursue this line of questioning back in the relatively safety of Oleg's trading post instead of out here in the wilds where any manner of monster or bandit might stumble across them at any moment, and so they went. Returning at a much more leisurely pace than that they set out at, the sun was high in the sky by the time they approached the trading post.<br/><br/>A gruesome sight greeted them just before hey reached the gate - the three deceased bandits had been stripped of their possessions and their corpses hung from the branches of a tree as a warning to any would-be bandit who visited the place.<br/><br/>Inside the trading post, Lawrence Oleg had apparently retrieved the two other horses that ran off, as they were now tied up and he was inspecting them. The bandits' gear had been gathered into a large pile and Horo was sorting through the cataloging the lot.<br/><br/>He frowned and spat when he saw the captured bandit. "Pah, it would have been a mercy to run her through on the spot. The punishment for banditry is death." His expression darkened and he held a hand up covering the lower half of her face from his line of vision, as if her bandanna was covering it. "I recognize this one. Sadistic bitch - snatched Horo's wedding ring right off her finger, left a bruise that lasted a week." He grabbed her arms but there was no ring on her fingers. Disgusted, he turned away. "You do whatever you must with her." He turned his attention back to the horses once more.<br/><br/>Eleanor turned towards Oriana once more and asked her softly, "Will you promise to let me go if I tell you what you want to know?"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The spoils of victory</div><div class="spoiler_body">The spoils of victory from all four bandits are listed below to be claimed. Anything left unclaimed will be claimed by Horo to start replenishing the trading post's stock.<br/><br/>Alchemist's fire (2)<br/>Potion of cure light wounds (2)<br/>Potion of shield of faith +2<br/>Leather armor (4)<br/>Dagger<br/>Short sword (3, one of which Silas claimed already)<br/>Composite longbow (2 str mod)<br/>Longbow (3, one of which Silas claimed already)<br/>80 arrows<br/>8 days of trail rations<br/>Silver amulet shaped like a stag skull (worth 20 gp)<br/>115 gp<br/></div></div>