8:00PM Firn breaks through the lock of an empty restaurant accross the street and Imarra runs up to the Inn to bring Ferron back down. Tulio Fonstiwere gets tied down and carried to the bartop of the restaurant for interrogation.   As Confidence moves to pick up the sword that Tulio was carrying, it dissolves to dust in her hands, and so does the hand cannon he had and the mechanical owl. Confidence uses the spell Command to force him to tell you everything he knows.   Tulio reveals that he's from the town Gataña which Odi knows from when he first arrived in this world. He seems to imply that the elves have taken over the human settlement to extract their own needs out of their mines. When asked more specifically about the killings, he replies that while he wasn't extremely familar with the process, Rasmus Vasa made a poison out of the blood of Azhiraxu from the dragonborn colonies that were being wiped out by the [Aigrei . At first they thought they might be able to coat a blade with it, so their first victim was cut many times but ultimately they had to finish the job by other means.   Tulio mentions that Archduke Sigeric Mavely was a large part of the funding for the operation and he's invested in mass producing the poison once they've perfected it. He implies that this is all part of a larger movement to push back the elves within The Bay of Kamard . He says that Devin Seboya was the man who traveled with the elves on their genocidal tour and harvested the blood from the Dragonborn bodies.   Him and Rasmus aquired magic abilities after investigating some ruins down in the Islands of Mathis . They beleive that everything they do is in the right since they must be blessed by the Isoxu.   He says he doesn't work with any Aigrei himself, but he lets Rasmus Vasa work with Sylvester on the sap trade.   Tulio says that Iago Tridega 's premiere will be his last game. He doesn't know the details but tells you Rasmus is planning on assassinating him tonight.   As you huddle again away from Tulio, discussing what to do now you start to hear the sounds of an angry mob. Tulio tells you The anger is rising. I told you already, you're at the tip of the iceberg. The war has already begun.   Tulio suddenly emits a thunderous sound and his binds snap all around him. He makes a move to escape but he's caught in mid-air by Odi's Hold Person and Imarra casts Guiding Bolt which instantly kills him and he falls to the floor.   Catching up with the mob you find out that Iago was killed in the middle of the arena, and the crowd is blaming an elf that was found on the scene. You work your way to the front of the crowd and you find, Daylor Kenezzar tearfully shouting to the crowd. We tried to ignore their agressions. And now my friend is dead. Rasmus Vasa stands utop one of the gondola cranes and in front of him is Lydiala , bound and gagged and looking quite wounded. Rasmus holds a hand cannon to Lydiala's back. Ona stands behind a table in a small kiost nearby, filled with crates of gunpowder and handcannons.   Odi casts Calm Emotions which works on all but some of the crowd, and Rasmus. Firn rushes forwards towards Rasmus but he shouts back at her Stop or i shoot! Odi throws his dancing sword at Rasmus and hits him in the hand, causing him to drop the cannon but not before triggering it, sending a bullet straight into Lydiala.   Firn tries to grapple Rasmus while Ioanna and Imarra attempt to reason with the crowd but quickly get called out as [Aigrei sympathizers. Ioanna reaches out to Daylor, and tries to convince him that Rasmus is lying to them all but he doesn't understand how a human could use magic. Ioanna responds by using fly. The crowd gasps and Ioanna floats up to Lydiala and grabs her, taking her down near Odi. As she lets Lydiala down black smoke starts to come from Lydiala's mouth, and from the wound in her back. Lydiala starts convulsing and weakly asks Odi whether you were able to find Gesper. He tells her you did and manages to get a small smile out of her before her eyes fall back into her head and bone spikes start erupting out of her body with her skin warping into scales.   Confidence uses Dissonant Whispers as Rasmus tries to rile up the crowd and goads him into teleporting away from Firn. Ah to hell with it. He says as he rears up to attack.   The crowd flees as your battle ensues. In a climactic moment a flock of crows gather around Rasmus' mechanical hawk, Rasmus takes a potion to grant himself the ability of flight, and Imarra sprouts wings and joins Ioanna and Rasmus in an aerial battle. Firn delivers the finishing blow as she jumps from a crane to Rasmus in the air and hit him square in the chest with her axe.   You scare Ona away from her kiosk and destroy as much of the handcannons that you can.   You collect the bodies of Rasmus, Tulio, and Lydiala in a cart and bring Daylor back to his flat. He is flustered but willing to trust you. You tell him that the Morningstar need a leader like him, but he is still insistent you look to see if the Aigrei took his sister Karmen Kenezzar . He gives you back the amulet of his brother, knowing that you will likely travel to Tariel before he is ever allowed to set foot there.   Returning to the Seldarine Hotel you bring the body of Lydiala up to Moritz and Veia Linory . Firn and Ferron stay behind to watch over the cart with the other two bodies.   You talk to Mortiz and Linory who are greif stricken with the loss of Lydiala. Linory tears up and thanks you for bringing her body home, as well as Gesper and gives you credit for a royal reward. He also dubs you, for whatever its worth, the title Knights of Grenna. They wish you well and bid you goodbye.   Down below Ferron and Firn are approached by a squad of mages baring the authority of the [KAAHRP District they move to arrest them as the rest of the the party is heading down from Linory's room.   As the whole group joins in to resist the arrest another elf tells the group of mages to stand down. He explains that Sylvester has been suspended from his post and all arrests and processing have been stalled until Maruk arrives in an hour. The elf's name is Kelvin and he offers to let you wait for Maruk back at KAAHRP Castle in a lounge with food and drinks.   You rest while you wait. After an hour the doors open and Maruk is introduced to you. He questions you further for your reasons that you need to travel to Ilstese and offers to hear you out there. Ioanna at last informs him about the curse she is under, and that she will die unless she travels to Ilstese by tomorrow, as well as a brief of your travels so far.   You tell Maruk about your discoveries about the murders. He admits to you that he was the one that ordered the kidnapping of Karmen due to Sylvester informing Maruk that she had been ordering the killings herself. He says he will release her by the end of the night and they will do their best to make sure she resumes her role as the head of the Morningstar Essembly.   You request to talk to Karmen Kenezzar yourselves and he grants the request. You head down under the castle to the holding cells and the guard allows you to enter her cell and take off the blindfold. She is suspicious of you after being manipulated and tortured but you request that she be allowed to come up to the lounge with you. The guard allows it and as you head up the elevator she seems to slowly understand you are the real thing and that she's going to be released.   You speak with Karmen for awhile in the lounge. She is relieved to hear that Rasmus is dead and was also taken aback by Tulio's envolvement in the schemes.   Ioanna asks about her previous life in Tariel. She was in line for the throne, ahead of her younger brothers, but she and Daylor were exiled after being accused of funneling taxpayer money away from Tariel corporations and towards the royal family, which she denies fully.   Maruk enters the room again and apologizes to Karmen for everything that they've done to her. He also apologizes to you as well and you trade in your Quester bages in for a small green stone with the symbol of the Elder Tree , the symbol of the Aigrei Alliance . Maruk gives you a guard, named Zillopher to accompany you until you drop Karmen off at Daylor's flat and head to the boat.   You wait only a moment as Daylor and Karmen reunite. They ask you to reach out to them again if you come back to Crandlewood.   As you head down to the docks you pass what sound like several street fights, and at the wharf the elves have taken what looks like complete control. Zillopher takes you down the dock to a clipper where you ask Ferron if he still wants to travel with them. Of course he does. You each find a cabin in the ship, and try and get some sleep as the boat rocks to the wind and waves, sailing out to Ilstese. 

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