also, after you've killed the vampire, i think sir markham (?), the knight who's fighting a bunch of trolls on the road to verdistis, will grant you the skill "bless". though i'm not too certain about that, as i normally don't do this quest which requires a lockpick skill. i just read about it in one of the walkthroughs.
If you talk to the knight before you save the boy and kill the vampire, then that knight teaches you "restoration" for completing this quest. Restoration is much better than bless because it's healing, whereas bless only raises a few stat points. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/freak.gif" alt="" />
