[b][i]City Event - Mostly for the Main Party[/i][/b]

[b]Mergoux, Kaspar, and the Edelwiesses[/b]

Kaspar Ridolfi was more wary than people gave him credit for, but it was Fredreick who alerted him to Mergoux's stalking with a subtle gesture. The merchant seemed as though he ignored the warning, but his magic told another story as a voice whispered in Mergoux's mind, <Butcher, be careful with who you're dealing with - There is a plan out there to get the Iron Decree overturned and to make life much harder for the slave traders of Venedig, but the Edelweisses are needed for it. So don't barge in like a fox to a henhouse.>

A visible smile on the M[erchant's face. <But I can tell you mistrust me, my dear Half-Elf. Fact of the matter is, though, if I didn't want what I said I wanted, the guards would have gone after you already...>

[b]Louise, Rote, Jehenne[/b]

Louise might remember Cocheta and her receiving a mysterious visitor, a sterotypical man in a black hood. This man, with a pale, unusually handsome face, had asked the Alrhyt-Liu Trade and Lending to purchase some slaves among the captured Nobles being sold in Venedig's slave market, which he would then buy from them at a reasonably marked-up price. This was clearly a sign of fishy business, but of the kind that Cocheta might have learned to tolerate and even expect. If pried further, the man would say something about 'The need for discretion' and 'Customers with wild tastes' before increasing the downpayment, which was in golden coins/marks.

The slaves to be bought were one Rote Kaufmann and Jehenne Alcroft, who were to be kept naked until they were brought to the Alrhyt-Liu HQ and perhaps after - It depended on the pale man's discretion. If any other party were to purchase those two, the pale man hinted that his clients would be... Displeased. And finally, another memory dared to intrude, of the pale man saying that several members of the Commission for the Humane Treatment of Humans were arranging 'sham' enslavements for various members of the captured nobility - Those people would be recognized by their deep pockets and synchronized bidding...

[b][i]City Event - The Dragon in the Slums[/i][/b]

Rumors will inevitably reach The Lonesome Heretic that a robbery was being planned, but not just any robbery, a robbery at the [url=https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p7vQ-t5ChS0/maxresdefault.jpg]Central Bank of Venedig[/url] itself. A virtual fortress safeguarded by magic and gadgetry, as well as a small army of troops, the Central Bank of Venedig was not just a storehouse for money, but also for magical relics from the distant past. However, with the bank's staff and several of its guards 'observing' the sale of the captured nobles in the Slave Market, there was a small opening for desperate men to make off with at least some of the gathered wealth. 

And apparenrtly, word had spread of the Heretic and his unique abilities. Should he try and trace the source of said rumors? Said source was an Opium Den belonging to one of Venedig's criminal syndicates - If he went there, he might find a job...

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