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[7] QUESTS
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This section details the various quests you can embark on during the game. Each
paragraph describes a different type, going through all the steps and giving
advice on how to perform them. Since a good number of your fame points are
determined by your success at quests, be sure to take them seriously.

As a bit of general advice pertaining to all quests, it's usually to your
benefit to embark on one as soon as you get info on it. If you do not, you will
often get redundant information on quests you already know about, effectively
making it go to waste. No sense hearing where Raymondo is if you already know
about the family member he can tell you about, or getting lost city map pieces
for a map you've already completed.


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[7.1] CRIMINALS
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Fugitive criminal quests start when you dance moderately well with a plain
governor's daughter. You may also get them if you dance better than that or
with a more attractive daughter if the usual reward you would get has run out
(e.g. you would get an item but you already have all the items you can get
this way, or you'd get information on Raymondo but you've already rescued all
of your family). In these cases, the governor's daughter will tell you the
location of a criminal wanted by the nation she belongs to.

The criminal is in a random city which may or may not belong to the same
nation that's after him. To catch him, you need to sail to the city in
question, visit the tavern and talk to the bartender. He'll bring you in
contact with the criminal.

You must then face the criminal in a sword fight, and beat him. Once you do,
he'll surrender. You can then choose to make him stand trial, or to accept a
bribe if he offers you one. The former gets you a reward between 1000 and 5000
gold, and one or two happiness points with the nation that was after him (two
if he is worth at least 3000 gold). The bribe takes the form of an item, which
is take it or leave it - if you take it, you let the criminal go and he
disappears forever. No gold, no happiness points. It is up to you what's worth
more to you. On the higher difficulty levels, where items are harder and
usually more expensive to get, you may find it more appealing to accept bribes
than on the lower levels where you can usually buy them easily from travellers.

You can have an infinite number of criminal quests open at any time, but you
can only catch one during a visit to a tavern. If two criminals hide in the
same town, you must catch one, leave town, reenter, and only then you can go
after the second. You should also make sure you catch a criminal before you
revisit the same governor's daughter. If you do not, you risk getting the same
info repeated as you charm her further, which is quite a waste. Nothing quite
like giving her an expensive Diamond Necklace only to be reminded that a 1000
gold reward can be gotten in Santiago.

Criminal quests are a minor pastime, not particularly important to go after but
worth doing if you're in the area. On the higher levels, you may find this a
painless way of obtaining items you can't get from governor's daughters. The
travellers usually ask loads of money for them.