The Journal of Shadwin Waters

OK... This time it may have been my fault...

That woman we rescued said that Akbar Bloodtooth was selling slaves over in Smoke. I knew this could be my only chance to pick up the trail again.

I spent a couple days investigating the auction. Buying drinks, paying bribes... People were fairly tight lipped about it. I had to dig deep into my funds just to get a location. In the end, what I learned was that sneaking into this thing wasn't a one-man job.

I knew I could count on Fenrir to help. There would be a lot of gold changing hands (I assume from the guest list), so getting in and out would certainly be profitable. She'd do it for the right price. I found her in the usual place, playing cards with a couple chumps.

I waited patiently for her to finish the last hand, and when the chumps accused her of cheating, I calmly advised them that it wouldn't be a good idea to start any thing. Between that advice and the cool looks that Fenrir was giving them, they backed down. Much to my relief. I couldn't afford to draw any attention to myself just yet.

When I asked Fenrir about hiring muscle for the job, she suggested Sinaris and Marius. Sinaris, I had no problem with. The man is a little odd, but no one can doubt his usefulness in a battle. Marius was another matter... The brute was impressive in a fight, but his association with Soleth made me nervous. He's pretty straight-laced, and undoubtedly will bring Meera along with him, who is even more so....

I don't like the idea of involving them in my affairs, but Fenrir was right. On such short notice, it would have been hard to find anyone else.

The plan was fairly straight-forward:

To be continued...

Two days ago, I finally got the broken pieces of the flute (Not my fault! Buckey throws like a girl, it's lucky it didn't end up in the river) to Rastad. After paying me for the job (minus damages, of course) he tells me that he has a big job for me. He said the client needs three talented individuals to take care of a delicate situation. When he mentioned meeting at the Silent Maid, I knew this had to be legit. The guild would have to know about it and any client willing to meet at the Maid would have to be desperate.
Rastad told me to bring my best guys. That could only be Derek and Bildjer. I still owe Derek five gold and he owes me a bloody nose. Bildjer is still on crutches after his run-in with the guild a couple weeks ago (Which I technically was not involved with). That brings me to Jeval (He apparently has gotten over the incident with the halfling(Not my fault)) and Fenrir (She's always been reliable, but her eyes freak me out).
Anyway, this morning I delivered that urn to Kenrick. Only he tells me I have to collect my pay from his brother, Karr (on the other side of Punjar). So, I was a bit late getting to the Silent Maid. Totally unavoidable.
When I give Finrik (or is it Finris... I owe one of them 3 silver) the code phrase, he tells me we're the second group to arrive for the job... For an instant I panic. I thought maybe another group had snagged the job while I was late. Then I realized that there were only two o them. Rastad had said the client specifically requested three people for the job. Either these two were going to default for lack of people or the client wanted us to work together.
It turns out it was the latter. I guess the client felt we could use the additional muscle and a cleric to help us out. This is not likely to be a cake walk.