[torrid mind]

“ah her” she said “real bitch that one! A back stabber if I ever did see one! Man I could go on all day about her, but what you want to know is about her powers eh? Well no one really knows WHAT she is, but I know she is quite powerful, knocked me on my ass more than once. But she is quite old, she’s no good at actually fighting but damn, can she do some tricky spell work! Actually, no one thought she would be able to birth a child” she pauses to take a swig of her ale “but I duno much about all THAT. And as for followers, well she has plenty, mostly just people looking for a bit of her power, of course they all get screwed in the end its not like she cares about anyone but herself. I don’t think she even cares about her son she just wants someone to take over for her when her evil old heart shrivels up.” She becomes quite takes another swig of her ale and then continues, “it’s not really her I’m worried about, with the right stuff” she pats her backpack on the ground under her feet “she can be defeated semi-easily, however, her new body guard is something to worry about. We can handle him, but it will be anything but easy. Or maybe I’m just underestimating your skills… either way be wary of him.” She pauses once again to take a drink.
“Well, its not like Granan didn’t give us anything to work with. But I really shouldn’t revile it here, you never know who’s listing or watching. My suggestion is, we get a room for the night and start out fresh in the morning! We really don’t have anything to worry about in a city like this, but still, its good to be cautious.” She finishes off her ale in one big gulp stands up goes to the bar and pays for the drinks the motions for her new companions to follow her.


(Once more I assume you fallow so to speed things up, I will continue. Start from room)

Once safely in the locked room she pulls out a large piece of rolled up parchment from her backpack and unrolls it on the floor
She points to a large red dot on the northern mountains.
“We don’t know EXACTLLY where but this is the general area where she lives. I’m sure it wont be too hard to find, she loves to show off so I wont be surprised to find a giant flashing sign floating above her mansion!”
She sits against the door and looks around at her companions.
“Well I suppose I should give this to you now.”
She throws a velvet pouch full of gold to each of you
“There is 2000 GP in each of those, you get the other 8000 when we get the baby back. If you all cant take the cold whether I suggest that tomorrow you go and get a good coat, I suspect we will be in some pretty damn cold conditions. If you all want to have the beds you can I’m good right here”

The next day you wake up to the bright sun and the sounds of the people down in the street preparing their daily activities. You gather your things and make your way downstairs, as you emerge outside you see a shallow blanket of snow has covered the ground.
The city is buzzing today and you can see the guards are out patrolling the streets.

“Well I have some things to get, so I suppose we can all go our separate ways and meet back here in about, say, an hour?”
And, without even waiting for your response she gives you all a smile and walks away towards the middle of the city.