<span style="font-weight: bold">Jules</span><br/><br/>Jules learns that Eliam ir' Veldras hired the d'Lyrandar airship<span style="font-style: italic">Flamesprite</span>to aid in his search for Jhaemast's tomb, which he was convinced lies on the haunted isle of Trebaz Sinara. The vessel was lost in a severe storm, and the only survivors of the expedition were Eliam himself, and his gnomish artificer-sage and master of mysteries Thraxis.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Xarces</span><br/>By various methods, you learn that the heir of a wealthy textile family, Eliam ir’Veldras, set out to find Jhaemast's tomb. His expedition fell foul of disaster, and only two members survived. Eliam returned only briefly before disappearing, his family's wealth largely squandered. Many of his possessions fell into the hands of a wealthy karnathi expatriate named Vorgaard, who maintains a substantial estate across the straits. For his part, Thraxis has not been seen for six months - apparently, he turned pirate and disappeared.<br/><br/>Shortly after learning this gossip, Xarces notice a scruffy, but pretty, young human woman slipping away, donning a concealing grey cloak as she does so... Thinking back, he's seen her now and then during the evening, at many of the same watering holes he's visited...