You will have a peaceful trip back to the town. The town officials will listen to your story of clearing the land of the bandits to the north. The fact that they had a well defended strong hold is of interest to the town and the State. Messages are sent and the Crown gives you 100,000 PP for the deed and rights to set up a northern watch post in your stronghold if you wish to sale it to them.
The escorting of the women to the town and the sale if you accept will net you each 1,000 experience.
The main capital is on the road to the east. By horseback it will take you three weeks to travel to it. There being a stronghold of this nation and a large city it is said that one can usually get anything if the price is right. From there are the major trade routes to the north south and even farther east to other countries and a seaport. You can pick your money up at the main capital if you wish. They can have it ready and the papers for you to sign once you get there.
Krusten there is a monastery to the north and east of the main capital if you wish to travel there. The next closest one is a trip south from where you are of about two months via horse.
You all head out of town heading east on the road that you recently cleared of bad people. The first week goes past quietly as there is not a lot of people around. The farther east you go the more you start seeing regular patrols on the roads as well as more farms and more small villages. The area is more settled and you get the sense that you will not run into anything dangerous besides other people. There is usually a inn or a tavern to sleep in every night the rest of the trip to the capital.
When the day arrives that you top a hill and you can see the capital off in the distance. It has tall walls around a very large city but even those walls can not contain it all as there are building still built outside the walls. In the center of the vast city you can see a castle that dominated a hill. It is impressively big. It will take you most of the day to reach the city itself. The walls as you get close are 60 feet high and almost as thick. The gates are massive iron gates. They are seldom closed. The hustle and bustle of the people make it hard to move at times. You find yourself watching your purses as the people crowd in more and more to fit in the wide but still crowded streets.
In the merchant district you can find a place to store your wagon and keep it under guard along with a nice inn to stay at. In the temple district there is a place where druids can stay attuned to nature. It is a walled off woods where druids can relax in peace and be in nature among the sounds of the city. It is about a acre of woods.
Krusten can find a wagon that is headed north towards the monastery that she wishes to go to and bids the rest of the party good buy. You will all receive an appointment with the main Chancellor tomorrow morning to sign for the platinum that you all are due for the stronghold.
You all walk p to the main castle. A guard escorts you to a office. You are asked to sit or stand as to your preference and told that the chancellor will be with you shortly.
After about a twenty minute wait the door behind the desk opens up and two armed guards walk in. They are followed by a third who is carrying a small chest. He sets it on the desk and then steps back. Shortly a older man dressed in flowing robes and with a chain of his office around his neck steps in. He is followed by a scribe. The scribe steps to the side of the desk and lays down some papers along with ink well and quills. The chancellor sits at the desk. "Gentlemen and ladies I am here to formally take procession of the stronghold that was recently cleared of hostiles within our lands from your possession as was transferred into your possession by right of arms. The crown has offered you a sum of 100,000 platinum." He opens the chest. "If you would be so kind to check to see that the payment is correct and then sign the papers that will transfer said stronghold to the kingdom by right of payment we will conclude this deal."
When shopping for items you will find that they have the following as to what you were looking for.
+4 belt of Magnificence 100,000 gpMiniatures handbook No belt of magnificence is available
- Luckstone You do find a luck stone
- type 3 or 4 Bag of Holding, possibly multiples thereof There are three type 3 nags of holding no type 4
- Ring of Protection There +1, +2, and +3 rings of protection. 5, 6, and 2 respectively
- Ring of Vampiric Regeneration No vamperic rings of regen is available.
- Strongarm Bracers 6000gp Magic Item Compendium Yes one set is available
- Cloak of Resistance two are available
- Greater Iron Ward Diamond 8000gp Magic Item Compendium Not available
- Greater Crystal of Electricity Assault 6000gp Magic Item Compendium one is available
- Rod of Ropes 4000gp Complete Scoundrel Two are avaialble
-Banner of the Storm's Eye 15,000gp Magic Item Compendium not available
-Lyre of Building 13,000gp One is available
- Ioun Stones: Pale Green Prism, Dusty Rose Prism, and/or Dark Blue Rhomboid There is two dusty rose, three pearl whitea pink one, and two pink and green.
- Warforged Components: Tracker Mask, Lesser Ebon Hunter Monocle, Vanguard Boots, and/or Greater Essence of the Guard There is a tracker mask and lessor Ebon Hunter Monocle but no greater essence of the guard but they do have one essence of the guard.