Hour 10: Chorrol part 1

I set about the Recommendation. I must retrieve a book from a ruin called Cloud Top for Earana, and to make no mention of it to Teekeeus or anyone else in the guild. I immediately run and tell Teekeeus, then set off for Cloud Top. An Imp awaits me, but they're getting tougher now. This one takes four blasts of Cold Touch to bring down, and takes off a good bit of my health. Fortunately, Cloud Top is just an open ruin, and I retrieve the book from a nasty old charred corpse:

I hand the book to Teekeeus, and take great delight in refusing to steal it back from him for Earana:

She shouts for a bit then storms off. I decide it's time to increase my repertoire of spells, so purchase loads of spells from Alberic Litte in the Guild - Defend, Flash Bolt, Summon Zombie, Summon Scamp, Repulse Undead, and Remote Manipulation. This drains a lot of my funds, leaving me with only 600 gold, but I figure it's worth having more powerful spells.

A man I spoke to earlier in Chorrol asked for help defending his farm from some 'creatures'. By help, I mean 'he's too scared to do it so decides to ask a random stranger'. Never one to turn down some XP, I head off and his sons show me to their farm. They're painfully slow, though, and I run ahead and wait for them. It is still raining. Goblins arrive in three waves, and they're tougher now - 'Goblin Skirmishers'. The first couple of waves are dispatched with ease but the final four goblins swamp us and both of the man's sons are cut down! I have to resort to both health and mana potions in order to see off the violent attacks from the final two Goblins.

The field, littered with corpses.

As a result of the battle I am promoted to a Journeyman of destruction magic. I don't like the outcome of both sons dying, but at my current level I don't think I could have stopped it. I resign myself to the situation and head back to Chorrol to inform their father. He informs me that he can't offer a reward, as he must spend his money on burials. The wretch! I put my neck on the line to defend his measly sons, who DIED at the hands of some Goblins, and I get nothing in return? I looked up the quest online and it turns out I missed out on Chillrend by not saving both sons. I'm not too bothered though, since it's levelled, and anyway I'm focussing more on Magic than Blade.

I sell the stuff I looted from the battle to Rasheda at Fire and Steel. I get my items repaired there, and notice something odd. I can 'Repair All' for about 500+ gold, or I can repair each item one at a time for a cost of between 1 - 15 gold per item - and there are only about six items which need repairing. Looks like she's levying an extortionate surcharge just for the convenience of 'one-click repairs'...

A few people in town have mentioned 'something shady going on at the Oak and Crozier', so I head there. Look how short this elf standing by the door is:

I see nothing suspicious, though, so I break into their basement and sneak around. Still nothing. Back in the bar, there's nothing odd (except a bed by the bar, and these two identical men hanging around):

Upon further (online) investigation, it seems there was some sort of quest to do with the inn which was never put into the game.