An advertisement has recently appeared in the Adventurer's Guild on behalf of one Doctor Terrence Averos, who seeks a party of adventurers to retrieve a collection of 'sewer crystals' from the Acryn Sewers. Those interested should meet at the 'Averos Emporium of Alternative Medicine and Other Therapies' for more information. A payment of 40R per person is available for the successful retrieval of ten or more crystals, with an undisclosed bonus offered to those willing to take part in some unspecified 'field testing'.

• Batts Marbeq
• Bartholomew Banks
• Dauntless
• Nobody (as Susan)
• Emily Anara

[in progress]

Having received a collection of 'experimental concoctions' to test for extra pay, and instructions to obtain 10 'sewer crystals' - with Batts discovering that they cause memory loss via gastric distress by licking the one sample Dr Averos possesses - the party proceed into Acryn's fluxy sewers. They are promptly ambushed and vomited all over by enormous sludge monstrosity which had swallowed several crystals, causing them to lose their recent memories. When the party come around, they fight many smaller sludges that emerge from the remains and take the swallowed crystals. Emily tries one of Averos' concoctions, and finds it heals her quite nicely. Bartholomew expresses surprise.

The party cut through some rats and a large crocodile, before fishing more crystals from a river of sewage, as more sewer monsters emerge. Batts attempt to pour one of the concoctions into the sewage to see what happens to the monsters, but it explodes on contact with the air upon opening. Bartholomew makes remarks on 'that quack Averos'.

A group of Wayfinders, working on behalf of the Wayfinders' Guild, encounter the party coming the other way. They are in search of a crystalline Anomaly that has been spotted stalking the sewers - it becomes clear that this is the source of the 'sewer crystals'. The situation rapidly disintegrates, since Batts and Emily both ping as Threats to the Consensus to the wayfinders. The party defeat the wayfinders, but bring them around, as some of the party are agreed with their general mission. Emily and Batts are not, and attempt to double-cross the others, but are defeated. When Emily comes around, she runs off, while Batts spends some time inside Dauntless. The party strike a deal with the wayfinders to go to the City Watch to sort out their differences, once they have been led out of the sewers (since Emily is no longer present).

Emily, and soon after the rest of the party and the wayfinders, come to a large chamber, where they see the crystalline anomaly - Latissa, the Malformed - lashing out with crystal shards of itself against the sewer denizens. Nobody steals the anomaly's identity, and so the party are confused at the presence of a second being. The party engage Latissa, despite its requests for them to stay away from it, and after a while it retreats through a tunnel, smashing several pipes on its way. The wayfinders are too weak to follow the party through the hazard. The party subdue Latissa, before bringing it around to a somewhat docile state, and return to Acryn. Along the way, the party realise that they have lost 'Susan', but assume she is with the wayfinders.