Rescue Kidnapped Girl is a quest in Warband. You are given a small sum of denars by a town's Guild Master and are told to find a group of bandits that have kidnapped a citizen's daughter.
Briefing[]
Guildmaster of (town) gave you (amount) denars to pay the ransom of a girl kidnapped by bandits. You are to meet the bandits near (village) and pay them the ransom fee. After that you are bring the girl back to (town).
Walkthrough[]
The bandits will be a party called "Bandits Awaiting Ransom" consisting of 24-58 bandits, plus the girl as their prisoner.
Once there, you have two possible courses of action. You may speak to the bandits, give them the money, and pick up the girl that they release. Alternatively, you can ask them to hand the girl over first before paying, which will intiate a battle sequence. Winning the battle will allow you to keep the ransom money, but you will need to have a force large enough to ensure victory.
You may also initially pay the ransom, and once the girl is in your hands, attack the bandits afterwards (telling them to give you your money back). However, upon defeating the bandits, you will simply get a generic payout based on the number of enemies there was.
Either way, with the girl under your custody, you then escort her back to the town from which the quest was received in and are given your rewards, including a reputation increase with the town.
The bandits are unique troops not normally encountered outside of scripted scenarios, who if captured, recruited, and trained, can be promoted into the Brigand, a unit never seen in game except through using this strategy.
Transcript[]
Quest Briefing[]
Actually, I was looking for a reliable man that can undertake an important mission. A group of bandits have kidnapped the daughter of a friend of mine and are holding her for ransom. My friend is ready to pay them, but we still need someone to take the money to those rascals and bring the girl back to safety.
The amount the bandits ask as ransom is (amount) denars. I will give you that money once you accept to take the quest. You have 15 days to take the money to the bandits who ill be waiting near the village of (village). Those bastards said that they are going to kill the poor girl if they don't get the money by that time. You will get your pay of (amount) denars when you bring the girl safely back here.
- All right. I will take the ransom money to the bandits and bring back the girl.
- Good, I knew we could trust you at this. Here is the ransom money, (amount) denars. Count it before taking it. And please, don't attempt to do anything rash. Keep in mind that the girl's well being is more important than anything else...
- Sorry. I don't have time for this right now.
- Well, the job will be available for a few more days I guess. Tell me if you decide to take it.
Kidnapped Girl Dialogue[]
Reaching Town[]
Thank you so much for bringing me back! I can't wait to see my family. Good-bye.
Quest Complete[]
(Player) -- I am in your debt for bringing back my friend's daughter. Please take these (amount) denars that I promised you. My friend wished he could give more but paying that ransom brought him to his knees.