Recap
As promised, a recap!
Client: Lady Erina Chersoot. Ugly spinster noblewoman with a lazy eye. Known for having a strong will.
Pay: 300 gold worth of coins and gems.
Job: Find and return Erina's father Heiroth, whether or not he wants to come along.
What you know about Heiroth:
Mage, and powerful enough not to have to worry about bandits.
Though reclusive, always appears at the Mizzen Fair each year - except this year. Fair took place a few days ago.
Found an old keep a couple of days travel from Guril-Forsihe, and had been spending a lot of time there.
Other things you know:
Two men were asking around the marketplace about Heiroth, a couple of weeks ago.
One was Tymin, employed by House Ermineshield.
T'other was Mateus, working for House Ab'Shal.
Neither was in livery while doing the asking.
The two houses are not known to work together.
That ok? Let me know if I've missed anything. If it's all good, we'll turn this into the Quest Tracker(TM).
And a hint of sorts for Harry:
In character knowledge - the map-seller is being offish probably because you look like a servant or commoner, which means you can only be buying for your master. Except you don't seem to know what said master wants.
OOC: For research like this (good idea, seeing if you can find anything out about the tower, or whether Heiroth came around to do same) you're better off making a general post describing going into several places and chatting up the owners. In fact, this'd be a perfect use of your Urban Tracking skill - since that's what you're doing!
And for everyone:
Remember that finding Heiroth is the key - whys and wherefores aren't important unless you want them to be (eg., for later use...blackmail for example!).
Think about things like - where does Heiroth usually live/go? Has he any friends or enemies?