Taking some time to talk amongst yourselves and inform Ioanna about what you saw in the morgue since she had been using Tundi at the time, you come to terms that the elves are hiding a significant amound of information from you. Ferron offers to make a trip back to The Corner House Inn to check the registry for any of your suspected names and is quite insistant on going alone. You compromise and have him take Tundi with him.   Realizing that you don't have the whereabouts of the latter two witnesses you make a trip back to KAAHRP Castle to speak to Ganonshe about the missing information. He is nervous while speaking to you and Odi presses him on the reason he left out so much vital information. You find out that Ganonshe was only placed onto this case in the last few days and that the prevous case lead took off with Maruk to Ilstese before you arrived in Crandlewood. He admits that some of the information about the condition of the last two bodies were kept secret because his bosses were worried about the word of tortured elves breaking out after being leaked to an unaccountable third party. Ganonshe tells you that the first victim, Kleister, was being bound by magical means and alive when the cuts were applied to his body with a blade. He also reveals that the last witness claims to have seen Iago Tridega pull the victim into an alleyway which lead to their determination that he was the primary suspect.   You head over to the entrance of the The Morningstar District to track down the house of Enrique , who found the body of the 3rd victim. You knock on the wrong door first by mistake though the resident inside is no help in pointing you towards Enrique. You find him in the next unit over and are suspicious from his nonchelant attitude towards finding a body outside his house.   Enrique tells you some information that you hadn't heard before. He tells you about the Korsu , a secretive organization located under the city that your Quester badge bears the symbol of. You ask Enrique if he happened to see anything strange about the body of Flagan but he seems not to know anything outside of the strangle marks. He also mentions that he was at a show at the amphitheater that day, and that he happened to see Iago Tridega there.   Odi asks Enrique about the drug called Sap which Ganonshe mentioned earlier. Enrique says that you might want to speak to Rasmus Vasa if you want to know more about the Sap trade.   You head out of The Morningstar District and into The Briny District towards the location of the 4th witness.   After making your way through the district you find yourself at Cove Rot . You find the bar that Octavia works at and speak with her once she is able to get a moment away from her boss.   Octavia tells you that she was on her way home from work when she saw Iago Tridega and a young elf girl walking together when the man guided her into a dark alleyway. Octavia stayed nearby, sensing something was wrong and heard the girl gasping for breath, but by the time Octavia came over to her she was dying and lasted only moments. Iago had dissapeared. You ask her to take you back to the place where she saw the murder, she does, you investigate the area and manage to find a needle behind a crate.   After speaking to Octavia you see Ferron who was heading to find you. Tundi tells you that he made a stop on the way back that smelled like beer. Ferron explains that he wasn't able to find any of your suspected names on the list but did find a strange name, a royal from the city of Tiridasa named Archduke Sigeric Mavely . Ferron finds it strange that the Archduke would go to such a seedy inn, especially at the same time as the victim was there. Ferron stopped by a bar at the way back and found out from an old friend that Sigeric would be at a ball in the The Briny District later that night, and so would Iago Tridega . He tells you that The Armistice Ball is attended by many of the faction leaders every year and is a celebration of unity within the city. He also says that Sigeric is a person known throughout the city by many as a cruel man who uses fear tactics to get what he wants. The ball is at 10pm, 7 hours from now.   When asked about what Iago might have been doing in the Briny District, Ferron says that he might have been here to see The Oracle . You make your way over to her small residence and find a discheveled teenager, clearly going through some sort of withdrawl. You get a lot of sassy answers from her but she reveals that she is able to see the future when she uses the drug Sap, which is normally a hallucinogen. Unfortunately she is out and she already owes her dealer money. She offers to give you free readings if you meet with her dealer and obtain some Sap.   Reluctantly Odi and Confidence head to the dealer back in Cove Rot and talk to the dealer. You find out that the dealer and his crew are all elves so Confidence disguises herself as a young elf in order to pose as an innosent youth. After a stressful conversation the two manage to convince the dealer to sell them some of the Sap, though on the way back you notice an elf following you. You're able to make your way back to the Oracle and she happily gives you each a reading. To her surprise you are all quite difficult to read and she remarks about your disconnection to this world. By contrast she seems like she is able to read Ferron just fine.   Your readings are: Ioanna: "you are one with no future, you are one with no past, Iso does not see you in this realm, you are invisible, you are dead walking. I cannot tell you your future, as you do not exist. There is a glimmer in the past, and you must follow that glimmer. I do not know what that means, but there is no future for you in the present"   Confidence: "like your friend you are lost in time. You have messed with time. You are a victim and also the agitator. Things will get worse before they get better.   "What about prince Linory?"   "Linory will be safe. His cousin is in terrible danger."   Firn: "You are from a world outside of this one. There is a place for you here as well. You will need to die first. There is also a glimmer for you in the past. Things have not been uncovered. Look around, there is more than you saw before, when you are given the chance, seek it out."   Odi: "There is a vast amoung of knowledge within you. Knowledge that is lost. Your knowledge is wasted here in this world and you do not belong. The more you learn, the deeper entrenched you will be, but only you can help your friends with what it takes to escape."   "and what of Immeshar?"   "That future is dark. I cannot see one way or another. I see several times meeting with him. The blood of so many is at his hands. So many before. So many to come.   "Can we stop him?"   "yes"   "What are we missing?"   "You will find it"   Imarra: "A voice from the past tells me that you are missed. You must guide someone. You must take shelter in the rain when you need to, but like your friends you do not belong. so although you will want to protect you cannot stay very long."   Ferron: "You are not like them. Ferron Albright. You will find the revenge you seek. Your heart is dark and full of wanting, wanting for blood and solace. You will find it at some cost. There are words that you cannot read, words that are old and have been used for so much pain. Find these words, and you will find your revenge."   Ioanna asks one more question. "Is anyone that I talked to today responsible for the killings?"   "No one who you spoke to has murdered... recently... or will murder soon."   "What about Sylvester?"   "Sylvester... Sylvester is responsible for many deaths, he is not the committer of them." 

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/blood-and-scales-nerd-squad/donations