"So the Amethyst Academy will offer a reliable if dangerous way to earn some coin, the Hooded Lanterns will be the ones keeping everything from completely collapsing into unchecked anarchy, and the Queen's Men will be the biggest ball ache I encounter in the ruins from a humanoid source." Maxwell summarized the rundown given to him. "I'll keep that in mind. Thank you for the information."

Maxwell then took a moment to have some of his own stew. Once he'd done so, he pulled his backpack closer to him and opened it up as he began talking again.

"Speaking of people one should be wary of, did any of you happen to encounter someone by the name of Brother Terminus while exploring the ruins?" Maxwell asked before pulling out the mask he wore when up to no good and showing it to the adventurers. "He is a bald human with deathly pale skin and blood red eyes. Though occasionally he dons a hood and hides his face with a mask much like this one."