Herald Oraleur Sylwes was murdered during his speech to the square in Port Ghamd on the eve of Tabula Rasa. Shot with a black powder-fueled firearm
Red hair and tinkering background led to Otto Ozzley's former party member, Fozias Frightforge.
Group followed the leads and the poem the herald had on him to Rookmore and the Buried Temple of Beskem. Close on their heels, the party found 3 members of the Skallywag Squad absconding with the long lost blade Earthsplitter. Those individuals were Daxar Darkstone, Brax Bonebrute, and Fozias Frightforge. The dwarves teleported away, but left the temple intact and left bundles of Dynamite (stick) lining the previous chamber.
Cachette Stray informed the party of a pair of magic item brokers who are often contracted out by The Turn, known as Princess and Duke. If anyone has knowledge of rare magic artifacts changing hands, it would be them. Cachette pointed the group to a tavern called the Split Chest Pub, where Princess is known to take meetings with potential clients. She also informed the group of Princess' predilection for using binding contracts in their business.