[Fendric will have
Detect Evil up and will have gone through his own things before he takes so much as a step back into the common room, and will only re-relinquish his weapon to the table if every single person checks out. If it doesn't, Fendric will demand an explanation of the Ravast through his interpreter, and ask that person to leave the room. If it all goes pear-shaped, Fendric still has his weapon, and will wait for a DM ruling.
But if it works out, and nobody's evil: ]
Fendric will disconcentrate Detect Evil on his own, and replace his weapon on the table. Upon hearing Kentaro's consent, he will likewise explain to 'his' people the
Zone of Truth, and then move to the middle of the room to cast it. Once it is cast, it should encompass the entire room (35' radius centered on caster, Will Save DC 15 negates), and last four minutes.
"
This is my backpack. It contains scant supplies, but it does contain the essence of our mission: these letters, given to me by Sir Exantrius, Knight of the Greater Kingdom, may Pelor Bathe his Spirit in Light. He entered my Temple with me to worship, and perished from age on the second day of our journey. On this man I placed my trust. I pray I hold it true."
Upon the three questions:
"
I cannot say for sure that he wrote them, but he made me promise before he died that we'd deliver them. So far I've delivered two, including one to Father Premule, who has since been taken prisoner. I have not read them, and I prefer not to meddle in the affairs of lords and kings, for I am a cleric, not an ascetic, and do not go well with torture.
But I can tell you in detail what Exantrius said to me, for it returns to me in reverie each night I pass:"
Sir Exantrius said:
"A knight of my order, Lord Thedoric -- you may have heard his name, for it was quite well-honored in its time -- has commited a great act of betrayal... the nature of which, I must admit, I am not fully aware. All the same, it is clear that the forces of darkness are at his side, and the very order of natural things is threatened!"
"
Nurthk contracted a paralysis from an undead he slew in a halfling village downriver. He has since been cured by Father Yattro, and stands before you able-bodied and healthy. That is all I know of any disease.
Perhaps, may it not be correct, we are being followed, in which case you need only wait for our pursuers to catch up to us before you resolve this problem. But I truly think you've got the wrong humanoids, Ravast."
[on edit: the backpack]
Cold-weather gear
Incense
Scroll case: 4 sheets parchment, vial of ink, quill
Scroll - Cure Moderate, 5th
Bullseye Lantern
4 pints oil
1 day's trail rations
Letters to various addressees in the Realm:
Aramil Kethett, Honorable Servant of Cuthbert and Chief
Officer of Affairs in the Free City of Despia
Anders Peltram, Owner and Keeper of the Grey Inn, in the Free
City of Valsport
Aesop Rhandoril, Counsel to the Jury of Sages, quartered in
the Free City of Eivanrach
Tiamen lo'Solis, Princess of the Glades of Sesphar, found in
the Region of the Free cities
Lord Kildre Vemaunt, Overseer of the City of Daershut, in the
Principality of Lamecht, in the Kingdom of Tourne
Sir Rienne Vaustus, Archknight of the Kingdom of Tourne and
Advisor to King Tjaden, quarted in the City of Perlech, Seat
of the Kingdom of Tourne.