After a short while, the man who had spoken with the group the previous evening makes an appearance in the alleyway outside of the shop. He greets the party briefly before ringing the bell and engaging in a brief conversation with a man on the other side of the bars. With a few moments, the door slides open and the party is ushered into a small chamber which appears to be some kind of front for whatever goes on here. There is a large desk covered in ledgers and other paperwork and each of the stone walls are concealed behind floor to ceiling velvet curtains. The activities here appear to be overseen by a curious-looking gnome, who wears a blue robe and has wispy white hair with sage-like eyes behind a pair of bifocal lenses. He completely ignores the party and leaves the other man to usher the group through the room and past a curtain on the other side of the small chamber, which leads up a set of stairs and finally to what appears to be a well-furnished office of some kind. Plush rugs lie about the floor, with two floor-to-ceiling bookshelves stocked with leather-bound books and a large rosewood desk of fine quality on the far side of the room.<br/><br/>The group enters to be greeted by a man who stands and comes from around the desk towards them. He’s a little taller than average, with slightly elongated features and a wiry frame that betrays some elven blood in his heritage with otherwise unremarkable features, though his actions seem quite deliberate and the clothes he wears are of particularly fine quality. He first addresses the other man before talking to the group. “Thank you Rygar. You have done well. And thank you all for coming at such short notice. I have a proposal for you, which I think you will find is worth your while…”<br/><br/>“My name is Aramil. I am a merchant in these parts and I have an urgent task that requires the talents of a group such as yourselves, so I am pleased that you have agreed to meet with me this morning” The man smiles cautiously and encourages each person to take a seat in one of several leather chairs before continuing.