Almaren
Yes, good folk, a tragedy has struck here... I hardly know how to put it... in short, someone slaughtered the caravan that was heading this way, and that caravan was bringing me steel — rare, dwarven steel... there wasn't much — about a pood... That's it. If you, good folk, bring it back to me, then I shall teach you and your woman something useful, alright??? And I'll throw in another five silver on top! — the blacksmith looked at you almost pleadingly...
decided not to pay attention to the offensive "your woman", approached the blacksmith and said "Well, tell me where it happened, what the adversaries looked like, maybe someone noticed something unusual....?"