3. The Bandit

You'll notice the road to Bowerstone is closed, and you must kill Thag before the road to Bowerstone will reopen. Behind some ruins on your way is a chest with an Assassin's Coat, and there is another chest near the lake with a pistol in it.

The slaves at the Bandit Camp will warn you of an ambush, there will be a few bandits that drop down from trees and attack you. Use your new abilities along with your sword to drop them. Defeat Thag to complete the quest and you'll get Thag's Head (trophy) and 100 renown. Open the chest in Thag's house to get a key. There is also a cave behind Thag's house that has another chest inside.

When you go to the slaves a man will appear, he will pay you to give him the key. If you give him the key you will get evil points, and if you attack him you will get evil points, but if you wait for him to attack you after freeing the slaves you can get 200 gold and no evil points.

Go back to the blockade and you will be travelled to Bowerstone. Roland the Bard will be following you around singing about your adventures, you can also find him around towns later on, but he'll want fifty gold per song. Your dog will find a few chests around Bowerstone, for the sake of my not having to point them out.

Theresa would like to meet you under the clock tower, but she is going to be late. She advises you to seek work at the Blacksmith, which I'd recommend if you need some easy money. After the time expires you can either meet Theresa right away or continue exploring Bowerstone. Theresa will hand you three fate cards, The Pilgrim, The Mage, and The Thief. Our first visit will be to Oakfield.

On your way you'll see a man looting corpses of the bandits victims, you can kill him if you want to, you'll get evil points and nobody will know. You can also take some of the items laying around. Up the path you'll encounter some bandits, use your crossbow or will attacks to get rid of them without confrontation. There is also a chest and dig spot near where they were sitting.

As you continue, you will encounter a group of bandits, some will be near you and others will be up on a hill. Take them out with a crossbow or run up and kill them with your sword. Follow the path behind them to a chest and keep going on your way. You'll come across the Rookridge Bridge which is out, you'll have to dive and walk up onto a nearby beach where you will meet a distraut man.

The man has lost his child inside the Hobbe Cave, and is afraid to go in alone. When you enter the cave there is a dive spot in the water next to you. Follow the parth and you'll stumble upon a few Hobbes, it shouldn't be too hard of a fight. After killing those ones you'll have to travel across a rickety path, there is a hidden area with a chest just off the path.

When you come across a locked door, your dog will show you a way around where you find out that the mans child has been converted into a Hobbe. You'll come by more Hobbe's in the cavern, you can easily kill these by pushing them off the ledge. There is also some treasure off the main path that you can take, and some more right before the exit, go up the ladder to go back to Rookridge. To your right there are the three bandits still guarding the bridge, you can take two of them with your crossbow before the other one charges you. There is also a silver key behind you.

Follow the glowing trail to the Abbot, and he'll request for you to build up your reputation through side quests before he can trust you.