I'm at the Zhentarim hideout now and Zarys has given me a description of the unscrupulous Zhentarim before asking my paladin to do a mission for her. I've turned her down once because I think it'd probably be dishonourable in some way.

That said, there was a paladin dialogue line where I convinced the kidnappers to release the artist because they'd lose business with half-moral customers. Took some convincing but they came round. So maybe it's not so dishonourable this quest of theirs.

Let's see what Larian's going to me...