I was clearing Red Eagle Redoubt for both a bounty and Find Red's Eagle's Sword and it was in the locked chest (Adept, I think) at the top of the stone steps after I came back outside to head to the summit. I used a set of Elven Bracers of Eminent Lockpicking to get in and there it was. Has anyone else found something like this this early? Is it an odd chance or could it be some confluence of things?