Alinorn gave the room a sweeping bow after everyone had a chance to order drinks, leaving them alone.  About ten minutes later, the door opened again to admit Alinorn, followed closely by a somewhat heavyset man wearing an outfit that looked like it alone cost almost as much as your tavern makes in a month.  Those of you familiar with House Kassell recognize him as Roland Kassell, and know that while he's not the current head of the house, he is definitely an important person in his own right.<br/><br/>He took a seat as Alinorn began to pass out the drinks, pausing to let everyone else take a seat as well before starting.  "Greetings, and thank you all for coming here on such short notice.  As my letter said, there are several people that are planning to harm myself and my family's business.  Specifically, one of the other guilds, known as the Starblades, are planning to use some stolen explosives to set off several fires in the warehouse district, specifically in one of the warehouses we keep most of our goods in.  This group also has managed to learn our security's normal patrol routes.  Unfortunately, while we could simply change the patrol and guard the goods on our own, that would let the Starblades know that they've been discovered, and they'll immediately start to cut their losses so they can try again later.  The only way to stop them from destroying our goods and not also alert them to our awareness is to have another guild catch and stop them."<br/><br/>He paused a bit, allowing the guild members to understand what he was asking of them, before continuing.  "They plan to attack tonight, two hours after sunset.  This," he said as he pulled a folded piece of paper out of a pocket, "is a map of the warehouse district and where they plan to set the explosives.  They'll be damaging other warehouses, not just our own.  I don't care what happens to the other warehouses, but as long as the one marked in red is safe, you'll get your reward: ten thousand gold pieces."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Knowledge check 20+ on House Kassell</div><div class="spoiler_body">While Roland is definitely an important person in the house, his father Marcel is the true head of the house.  Roland is the second of three siblings, with an older brother Lawrence and a younger sister Claire.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Arianna's check on the books</div><div class="spoiler_body">While many of the books are still in pristine condition, a good number of them have definitely been read several times over.  Most of the worn books are on history and geography, a few on some of the deeper discussion of economics as well.  The only book not sitting on one of the shelves is part of a series about alchemy and chemistry.</div></div>