'Do ye have a moment? I am but a humble merchant. I have travelled through these lands selling stock for a time now. But my livelihood has been taken from me.

'Ever since the bandits and ruffians moved into Radlaw, I haven't been able to conduct business! Ye see, they send a few at a time once in a moon to rouse the village. Shake us up for coin. They offer us what they call \qprotection.\q

'But ever since they arrived, business hasn't been the same. I couldn't pay their tribute and now my friends have been captured.

'They are being held in Radlaw as collateral. Could you please help free them? They're all I've got!'

The hobbits have been released. The humble merchant should hear about this.

Objectives

• Talk to Humble Merchant