1) He will not give an explicit timeframe but say he's been a "freelancer" for "a while now" and that his departure was strictly business. That may be a lie but he gives his answer easily enough to indicate it's the story he prefers to tell people.
2) He's seen people with all sorts of weird masks and facial coverings to hide their identities in his line of work. He'll say if he has seen that it doesn't ring a bell.
3) "No" will be his quick answer. Whether or not the guild and this man parted on good terms, he doesn't believe they're involved. But he'll say "that's just his opinion".
4) It will take some time because he doesn't reveal clients or especially lucrative deals, but with enough torture even he will break. He has no loyalty to any individual client, only his coin purse. He'll admit that he doesn't know the name and it's common business to use aliases if they're being called anything at all. But if they promise to let him go, he can point them to the trade route he was told to send the Summoned on.
If they agree to it he will lead them to a popular waypoint south of Nott. If they ask around the merchants who use that route for more legitimate means, they will hear that the Creed family is known to favor it.
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2) He's seen people with all sorts of weird masks and facial coverings to hide their identities in his line of work. He'll say if he has seen that it doesn't ring a bell.
3) "No" will be his quick answer. Whether or not the guild and this man parted on good terms, he doesn't believe they're involved. But he'll say "that's just his opinion".
4) It will take some time because he doesn't reveal clients or especially lucrative deals, but with enough torture even he will break. He has no loyalty to any individual client, only his coin purse. He'll admit that he doesn't know the name and it's common business to use aliases if they're being called anything at all. But if they promise to let him go, he can point them to the trade route he was told to send the Summoned on.
If they agree to it he will lead them to a popular waypoint south of Nott. If they ask around the merchants who use that route for more legitimate means, they will hear that the Creed family is known to favor it.