Your group arrived in Absalom to deliver a letter and item to the sister of a departed friend of yours. Once that awful deed was done, it was every ones intention to leave the busy city at once. As it happens, you literally ran into an elf who happened to be needing help. He introduced himself as Qinlan Clandale, proprietor of Clandale Sundries. He invites you back to his shop between Westgate and the Foreign Quarter to go over his proposal.
Your group enters a two-story timber and brick townhouse. Once inside, your gaze is drawn to a small dragon's skull that hangs over the hearth. There are wooden shelves and cabinets spanning the length of the room along one wall. The other side of the room has a long glass counter and a few more shelves with books filling them.
Qinlan leads the way to a room at the back of the store where a small table and a few chairs sit among crates. "Please have a seat. The crates are fine to sit on."
Once everyone is seated, Qinlan begins. "I am a collector and I have heard about the Fallen Fortress opening up recently. I have done my research and I believe that there are some artifacts in there that I wish to have."
Shaking his head, he continues. "While I would like nothing more than to go retrieve them myself, I am just not able to do so. I are retired from the adventuring and prefer to stay in town. If you could go in to clear the fortress, bringing me back the artifacts, I will gladly pay each of you 250gp with a possible bonus of course."
Qinlan stares at each of you for a sec, "What do you say? Will you help an old retired adventurer?"
