Thurston

Thurston, referred to only as Nobleman in game, is found in the large suite on the ground floor of the Candlekeep Inn alongside his wife. If you speak to him, he initiates dialog between you and his wife, who sometimes passes the dialog back to him.

He is not worth speaking to unless you can achieve high reaction (by having high reputation and charisma and/or a Friends spell), and have either over 60 points in Open Locks or can reach at least 21 strength, for example with the Barbarian Rage ability to open the chest above.

"Step up to the heat, young one.  You'll NEED a good fire to warm the chill stares of those monks.  Most inhospitable, they are.  Isn't that so, Lovey?"

(Wife): "Oh yes darling, they are MOST standoffish."
 * 1:- They lead a somewhat cloistered life here, so they are unaccustomed to many visitors.  You are perhaps a bit... colorful compared to what they are used to.
 * 2:- Watch your tongue!  This was my home for a good part of my life and I'll not have you slighting them in their own keep!
 * 3:- Oh, I would not let it concern you, milady.  Perhaps they are not used to wealth such as yours.  You are quite wealthy, are you not?  Bring a lot of expensive jewelry with you?
 * Perhaps that was it? It may have looked as though we were showing off. I'm going to lock all my jewelry back in the room, dear, so I don't offend them again.
 * (Thurston): A capital idea, Lovey. Perhaps I should do the same? Leave the finery under lock and key whilst we brush up on our reading? I can think of no safer a place than here. I doubt very much that a scoundrel would pay the book fee into this place to burglr the Inn. Laughable!
 * Note:  This response is available only to protagonists with a Charisma score of 18, or to those with a Charisma score of 9-17, a Friends spell, and some combination of luck and patience. Friends adds 2d4 to your Charisma score, so the higher your starting score the less luck and patience is needed.

​Option 3 (with the Charisma noted above) leads to them adding a Pearl Necklace and a Fire Opal Ring to the Star Sapphire that was already in the locked chest in an empty room upstairs. These can be sold to Winthrop downstairs for 750 gp, in addition to the 1,000 gp for the sapphire.
 * 4:- Perhaps they have not been as welcoming as they could have, but you ARE strangers in their home.

Killing him results in reputation loss.