After a night of bad dreams and worse guilt, the party arrives at the Azure Watch to explain what really happened in Razorback’s Alley. Statements are taken, nerves are shredded, and Unity Marshal Brokka Thorne makes it very clear: there will be consequences.

Instead of a cell, they get a job. Under the watchful eye of Osiris, a half-orc sailor in Azure Watch colours, the group is sent to the travelling carnival to quietly help track down Va Shoven – an elven fixer.

Between haggling for a map in the market ward, picking out proper weapons, and trying not to incriminate themselves, the party learn that in Ironstead justice, favours, and bounties are all tangled together.