Stone Mill -- Priest of Diancecht's home, Father O'Bannon
Continuing to sweat profusely, the priest mops his brow with his handkerchief before he continues: "Yes, yes, I believe you have the right of it, Sir Dwarf -- the impression that I gathered was that the bandits did not seek these stones because of any particular properties of the stones, but only ones that were valuable and relatively small and easy to carry or hide, so any gemstones would do. The ones that they asked for are just the most valuable items commonly known around here. One does wonder just where they plan to sell such stones, because doing so near this region would surely be ill-advised. And we are not familiar with the methods and practices of these bandits. To my knowledge, they were unknown to anyone here before this demand was made. Also, my impression was that three were demanded because three are worth more than two, and if they know of two, why could there not also be more?"