In the meantime ...
A little clean-up from the 1103 adventure:
Gabriele had several run-ins with those thugs trying to silence the [strike]free press[/strike] the [strike]innocent wandering minstrel[/strike] okay, the acerbic commentary on an overbearing count. Luckily, Etienne and Hadrian were around each time and were able to drive off the ham-fisted, uncultured henchmen. The thugs did manage to rile up some of the local peasantry, and Gabriele found himself in the middle of a village dispute with some folks feeling overly-excited and rebellious ("not my count") by his lyrics and others heating up the tar and plucking the chickens. Recognizing the danger, Gabriele talked the to the leader of the "rebellion" and settled him down, while talking his way out of a tar-and-feathering with the other group. A mischievous faerie took an interest in the proceedings and tried to stir the pot. Luckily, Gabriele became aware of the faerie's meddling, and re-settled everyone with a calming and politically-correct ballad. He was not able to completely negate the faerie's influence, but did impress the faerie enough to get a prize from her.
Rewards taken: 2 confidence points, 2 positive reputation points, and a scarf from the faerie containing 4 pawns vis. Loss: 1 negative reputation point.