We are wanted

37th of Shar 358

I woke up this morning, prepared to go to the shrine today. As I was preparing to go, packing the last of my things into my satchel, I looked towards the sending slate. Fathom had sent a message. He told us to gather the others and head to the spire, to follow the eye. I went downstairs to the bar and found Tenebrous, playing cards. I showed him the slate, saying that I hoped that Fathom's talk went well. He doubts it has. We did not know the whereabouts of the Ferryman, so we gathered our things, looking around for the eye. As we stepped outside, we found the eye and followed it. It lead us inside of the spire and as we followed it, I noticed people giving us nods and whisper things to each other. We eventually followed the eye into a potion shop. The eye crawled up the counter, motioning to the potion seller. We asked where Fathom was and she lead us behind the counter through a door. I felt a woosh of wind as we entered this door and entered into this gathering space. On the couches nearby, I see Fathom sitting across from an unfamiliar face.

This unfamiliar face introduces themselves as Friend. They had black hair underneath a hood, piercings on the ears, wearing a tattered cloak and a hooded shirt. They had lots of bugs hovering around them. She proceeded to explain that there is a power imbalance in the city. She was at the Ambassador of Trade's place, where Fathom was, because he was in possession of a lot of dangerous items. She explains the position of the Order of Despair and her position in it. They cleared some misconceptions regarding the name as well. She then brought up the rod and how Fathom plans to destroy it.

The Order of Despair is very powerful and this conversation is very... politically charged. I can't wrap my head around it and I'm still recovering from my loss, I don't want to get involved in something as big as this right now. Tenebrous holds a similar sentiment, saying we do not want to get involved. There is a knock at the door and Friend goes to answer. It is the person we met on the spire previously, who pushed us off the spire when we first arrived. He speaks very quietly to Friend, handing her a newspaper. It has the headline "AMBASSADOR OF TRADE SON DEAD" in giant text on it and a wanted flyer is attached with Fathom's face on it, alongside the mention of Goldweaver. I didn't understand the reward for it but according to Erafinyr, it was a lot of money. We were wanted, dead or alive. This place will act as our safe house for now and we will see about leaving the city in a week's time. We got to find Ferryman as well. I hope this will all go well.

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