Finn's Lute (Quest)

After you become a member of the Bard's College, faculty members will ask you to perform certain quests. Inge Six Fingers, the lute instructor, tells you she is sad because thieves stole her precious historical relic, Finn's Lute, which is the first eight-course lute ever invented.

The quest leads you to Stony Creek Cave in southeastern Eastmarch. Outside the cave is a pleasant small pond with a dock, fishing pole, and a boat. Once you enter, seeing a dead Breton dangling over a railing and two skeletons in the water shows this cave isn't about being pleasant. Go up the stream and kill the Bandits defending their lair and treasures. When the path splits, there is a door guard sitting at a desk watching the stream entrance, so be cautious and take him out. Upstream is a bandit doing some mining at an iron deposit you can mine for some ore plus a modest chest. However, going past the door guard will lead to the Bandit Leader and some treasure, but watch out for a swing mace trap right before the final room.

Finish off the remaining bandits and take the precious lute (in a chest with some random loot) along with another Unusual Gem, an Illusion Skill Book "Mystery of Talara, Part 4", some ingredients, and another fragment of the treasure map mystery "Treasure Map X".

Take the lute back to Inge who is estatic at its return. Since she is unable to properly reward you, she teachs you "a few tricks picked up on the road" from her younger years. This turns out to be one-point skill increases for six skills which is probably worth more than gold.