Let Astrid have her way

Lily: Astrid should have her, she has been harmed by Sofia first. Do with her whatever you want, just make sure to get the location of her convent out of her!

Astrid: No problem, she will be telling us everything she knows within hours! Come on men, bring her along, we don't want to be wasting our time!

The Vikings untie the ropes fixing Sofia to the pole and drag her back to their camp.

Robert: Are you certain this was wise my lady? The heathen Vikings might betray us!

Dercia: Not all pagans are evil, sir knight! Take me for instance, I have sworn my allegiance to the lady and won't leave her side, until my services are no longer required.

Robert: I still don't trust any of them...!

Lily: Give them some trust, as long as they don't prove otherwise, they might just be valuable allies. We need everybody we can muster!

Robert: By your command!

{if Erik = true}Erik: I wouldn't be Sofia now! My sister has been into sadism ever since I knew her! She was impaling bugs as a little girl as soon as she could thrust a fork through them!

Lily: In this case, we can be certain Sofia won't be resisting for long.{endif}

You follow them to the camp, but distance yourselves from the location of the questioning. At the evening Astrid enters your tent.

Astrid: It's done! She told us all she knows! We managed to pinpoint the exact location of her convent, it's nearby, just up in the mountains. It has essentially no guards, would be impossible to bring many men up there anyway. She told me the orb was brought to her by a thief who had stolen it from the treasury, she was on her way to deliver it to the Shepherd himself before we caught her.

Lily: Luckily, we were there to find her before she did! I'll go there myself to see the poor souls she had imprisoned in there!

Astrid: If you insist, but do pack in some warm clothes! Those mountains are deadly cold!

Lily: If you don't mind me asking... What have you done to her...?

Astrid: Nothing permanent! She was easier to break than I was expecting. When she was facing all the possibilities she had, she started talking at the first touch.

Lily: And what of her now...?

Astrid: She will be killed of course! But not before I have verified her words and found the orb! Remember, I'm in this country for one reason... To get that orb back for my people! I don't want a cut from any plunder we find, only that thing!

Lily: Right, the orb...

Astrid: You will have your noble women freed and I'll get my orb, a fair deal for us all!

Dercia (whispering): If you allow her to take the orb back to the north, you may never see it again... Without it, the country will be extremely hard to unify!

Lily (whispering): Yes, I'm aware that...! We'll see how thing unfold and decide about it later!

Robert: To the convent then!