While exploring the city your first day in Rexxentrum, you were pickpocketed and and forced to the chase the thieves… right into a trap where three mages activated gargoyles to attack you while archer’s pinned you down. It went south quickly, with all but Applethorn going down, until Della caught up to them with Question and Benedict close behind. With Question and Benedict’s help, you managed to get back up while Della asked the leader of the attack to make a deal. The leader, a bald, female wizard, said they would let the rest of you go if they could have “the spy”, after a look to a figure in the shadows behind her. Choosing to run rather than stay in the ring, Della used her connection to the strange rift to teleport behind the leader and put a knife to her throat. Benedict followed behind her, taking the first strike from the shadowed figure as they moved for Della, dropping her unconscious, grabbing her as she fell, revealing a scarred, bearded face and telling Katerina he looked forward to their next meeting. Shortly after, the wizards, who claimed to be from Tal’Dorei, teleported away and the archers disappeared.

Regrouping, you all questioned what the bounty was they were hunting. It was clear it’s from the Assembly after Katerina recognized Della’s description of the man as Joffrey Vesstar, but is this open to everyone in the assembly or just given to Joffrey; no matter what, the Assembly’s bounties are kept inside and secret. You decided the most likely option was that Lionel sold you out to the Cerberus Assembly, who most have been watching him, waiting for Katerina’s return and the Assembly is the only ones who would have a reason to put a bounty on her.

Question agreed to use other contacts in Rexxentrum to see what the details of the bounty are, finding out that this was placed by Dorlyn Hess, an Archmage on the Cerberus Assembly and given only to Joffrey. However, it’s unclear how many people will be after them after Joffrey’s failure today.