Roman Lumsk, a wealthy Caulish merchant, has been trying to hire investigators to look into the deaths of a number of his countrymen in Acryn.

The observant will have noticed that several members of the city watch seem to have taken it upon themselves to tear down the notices advertising the job.

• Karlos Farblade - Matthew
• Xavier Octavio Sarmandastra - Vicky

The party take Andrei back to the Wayfinder's Guild office and the officials there negotiate with him long into the night. Come the morning the party are informed that a deal has been struck with the young craftsman, and they are requested to return to Acryn and negotiate with the White Duke to ensure that all involved are satisfied by the outcome.

The party travel home and meet with their employers in the Caulish embassy, there they are able to persuade the Duke to accept the current state of affairs in exchange for a colossal payoff from the Guild and a promise that after faking a second death at the hands of Council hitmen, Andrei will never again let his true identity emerge. Whether or not the entrepreneur will abide by this agreement remains to be seen, but for now all parties are satisfied by the arrangement and the party are compensated handsomely.

Xavier uses his good standing with the Guild to get a frank answer about Leaf's fate and Howard Branch's current status. The guild officer makes it clear that Howard shouldn't be interfered with…so long as he remains in good standing with the Guild.

Later Xavi recieves a query from the True Council about the missing enforcers, Knuckle and Bone, and responds saying that he 'can't talk about it'. Shortly thereafter a pair of goons shows up and persuade him to spill the beans, coercing him into saying that the missing killers were eaten by a crocodile.

The council goons then show up in Karlos' room and grill him over the fate of the enforcers. When they mention that they know they were eaten, Karlos assumes Xavi has revealed all and murders the pair, poisoning one with Limb Drop and then roasting the other with arcane fire. He then naturally eats them both.

Realising that he is in deep shit with the True Council, he goes to the Palace of Games and offers to work off his debt to the White Duke. The crimeboss seems pretty horrified to learn that his minions were eaten, but also sees the use in having such an unscrupulous mage on staff. He agrees to retain Karlos' services for 'clean ups' and other jobs and further demands a 30% kickback on all his earnings going forward.

• 27R from Roman Lumsk
• 100R from the Wayfinder's Guild

In Caul the Wayfinder's guild are quietly underwriting the advent of 'flux industry'. Utilising destabilised workshops and the talents of master shapers educated in the crafts they are duplicating, this can theoretically produce goods at a fraction of the costs of traditional labour.