Great quest, BTW, simple.
I had been killed a couple of times by svartalf chanters in town when other people had the quest. It's a a REAL good idea to get your svartalf faction to neutral by going to Gna Faste and killing great tinglers and arachites.
I finally got the quest at level 19 and walked over to the healer with my pet, a black mauler. I saw Golga running up behind the building with about 5 svartalves, once I targetted him, I sent the pet to attack him, and I went around the front to catch him before he got to Saydyn.
Oddly, there was only Golga and the one chanter next to Saydyn, I don't know what happened to the others. The chanter was meleeing my pet, so i whacked Golga, then nailed the chanter. It was a little closer than I would have liked, but I lived. The pet died.
The Nightsworn looks great on my belt, and now I might use that Sword skill I picked up at level 4...
Xoebe, Galahad