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The party awakes after a night of drinking at The Rusty Spigot and slowly funnels downstairs for breakfast. As they descend into the tavern room, they find Ser Shadow sitting at a table awaiting their arrival. Batilda, a matronly half-orc running the breakfast shift, informs them of the latest gossip while serving them breakfast and cleaning blood stains off the floor. In addition to what appears to be an unremarkable fight that resulted in bloodshed over rat races that had occurred late last night, Batilda also tells them that news had arrived of a squad of Polonian Legionnaires being ambushed and butchered on the trade road running east from Highbridge to Darkstone. Apparently a reward is being offered for the recovery of the cargo that they were transporting.
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