Unmasking Lord Velmont

Back in Bruokdon, the party interrogated their captive, Tavish Ironwood, the thief leader taken in the warehouse raid. Tavish gave up the name of his backer — Lord Caldris Velmont, a council member of the Umbral Aethenaeum — and a darker truth about the thefts: the stolen enchanted items weren't simply being fenced for coin, but drained, their magic siphoned away for power. Who was behind that siphoning, he never got to say. The moment the secret was out, a hidden Feeblemind brand seared onto Tavish's back triggered, shattering his mind before he could say more. Determined to expose Velmont, the party laid a plan: Professor Gousse and Redgrave would meet with the councilman to keep him occupied while the others searched his home. Wisp, Roark, Yevelda, and Faerah broke into Velmont's house, overcoming a gauntlet of magical traps and alarms to uncover a hidden room in the basement — where Velmont himself sat waiting for them.