After a harrowing fight at the docks, the assassins returned to the inn—battle-worn but alive. On the way, Makiri sensed someone trailing them. She doubled back to identify the tail but came up empty-handed and quickly rejoined her companions.
Back at the inn, Agatha unraveled the secrets hidden in the dockmaster’s diary. It revealed that Torvald had been expecting the group and was preparing to turn them in to curry favor with a new Bloodmistress. Even more troubling: he was reporting not just to the city authorities, but also to a mysterious contact—Sister Maeri, abbess of the Hospice of Serenity deep in the slums.
The group still had unfinished business with the Riot Twins, Shirota and Zaiho—influential merchants and owners of the Jade Monkey. Makiri dug up what she could, just as the group picked up another tail. This time, their attempts to shake their pursuers failed, and they turned to confrontation. A cadre of Red Mantis Assassins confronted them, accusing the party of betraying the order. Makiri asserted her loyalty to Bloodmistress Jakalyn, but the agents refused to back down. Claiming they were acting under Vernai orders, they insisted the party surrender—or die. The assassins chose poorly. They never got the chance to report back.
Interrogating the Riot Twins shed more light—Torvald had been desperate to capture them, but the twins didn’t know who currently led the Vernai. The plot thickened.
The assassins then turned their focus to the Hospice of Serenity. The doors were locked and the building eerily quiet—until assassins attacked from the rooftop, led by none other than Sister Maeri. In the battle that followed, the group fought their way through the ambush and struck down the abbess.
Inside the abbey, dark truths came to light. A hidden diary confirmed that the Hospice was a front for worshippers of Achaekek, quietly monitoring Ilizmagorti under a veil of mercy and healing. Even more alarming, the group discovered a message written in invisible ink—proof of a conspiracy. High Priestess Saviya had been plotting to overthrow Jakalyn and take her place as Bloodmistress, convincing Sister Maeri she could then take the vacant role of head priestess next..
With the web of betrayal tightening, the assassins now had proof—and a new target. The next move was theirs. And they wouldn’t miss.