The Red Line

The events of this mission were witnessed by the following members of The Rook and Rose Guild: Dove, Nox, Osh and myself. We were hired urgently by The Sharn Watch after reports came of a House Sivis facility came under the attack of some terrorists. We made our way as quickly as possible, people were panicking, and as soon as we made our way in the sight of dead bodies permeated our vision. As soon as we familiarized ourselves with our surroundings and attempting to find survivors in the lower floors of the tower did we find the sign of the perpetrators. A warforged was lifting a gnome by an arm blade, and quickly we found ourselves in a fight with Warforged. Any attempts to knock them unconscious shad apparently resulted in their deaths. We later discovered that this was due to the presence of a magical item named The Band of Loyalty on each of their fingers, preventing any form of interrogation as soon as their bodies reached an inability to fight.

We quickly found there were no visible survivors, not at first. We searched around to find the only living victim hiding in one of the offices on a cupboard. When I asked her name, she identified herself as Fara. We tried to convince her to come out, but she was unwilling to face any danger outside... as well as to avoid the sight of the carnage. We tried to then find the reasoning behind the attack. Why specifically a House Sivis facility? Why kill everyone indiscriminately? As the answer came to us, we quickly realized that a message had been sent. After clearing out the scene for the most part, we managed to convince Fara to give us access to the last sent messages sent through one of facility's stations.

We quickly found that the reason was to send a message to an outsider for the assassination of a woman named Talda who was to depart by rail at noon. They had been instructed specifically to kill everyone in the facility to prevent the message from being intercepted after they had sent it.

As we came about this information, almost a minute too late. We made our way to the lightning rail station to intercept the assassination attempt. We would be forced to catch up to the rail while it was starting to accelerate into full speed. As we managed to enter, the commotion had already begun. A lanky warforged in the shape of a stiletto was currently wedging a poisoned blade through Talda's stomach. I moved in, and began to flourish blades against the assassin. Talda jumped off the rail, and had to be rescued by Nox.

It's poisoned blade made short work of me, I survived the fatal injuries through Dove's healing. Nox was apparently causing some kind of commotion with undead summoning or something similar, causing widespread panic aside from the terrorist assaulting the cart. Luckily, we managed to save Talda's life.

I explained the situation as best I could, and made a report to the nearest Watch precinct. They seemed willing to let Nox go only because Talda's name, whoever she was carried some manner of weight.

I am Kester Pavull, and I attest to the results of this mission, and this report.