By the Skinstitch of their Teeth

Erevel led the party up the stairs to the next level with Gavril close behind.  The rest of the party trailed along on the staircase.  As she reached the top of the stairs Erevel could smell the room before seeing it.  The overwhelming stench of bleach, ammonia, and other unidentifiable chemicals filled the air.

The chamber seemed a veritable museum. Dozens of books, jars, and glass containers of various sizes lay on nearly every horizontal surface.  Some of the largest containers were draped with a thick brown cloth. But her sight was drawn to two hulking things which seemed to be a patchwork of rotten cloth and grotesque skin, with stray bits of straw poking out the seams.  There was a buzzing drone coming from the area of the creatures as they went about browsing the shelves and checking out jars.

Unsettling Painting

The party heard Armania's statement detailing the placement of the magic paintings.  Since one was next to Erevel at the bottom of the second stairway she took a closer look at it.

It depicted a gruesome cloaked figure standing in a blasted alien landscape. Snakes writhed from beneath the folds of its cloak, and it reached a clawed hand out from its billowing sleeves. The creature seemed to move and its cloak seemed to blow in the wind if looked at from the corner of the eye.

Erevel felt a jolt of fear shoot down her spine as the figure in the painting looked directly at her.

Mun's Macabre Study

After being escorted back to The Sword Point, Armania cast invisibility and fly on herself and followed the Cassomir Watch as they left the inn.  The guards moved through Pharasma's Pulpit and then headed to Swift Prison.  At this point the four Watchmen marched to the Three Gates district where they patrolled the streets for 3 hours.

Apparently at the end of their watch the group headed to the Admiralty Citadel where they met a new group of Watch headed out for patrol.  The group Armania was following entered the Citadel and didn't exit again.

Hastur Revisited

"Who are these guys?  And where is the City Watch?" Paullus cried out facing the horned tiny devil and the conjurer.

"We can't rely on the City Watch, we are foreigners and maybe under suspicion," Ciprian answered.

Meanwhile Gavril and Ursina continued puking their guts out while under attack from the tiny horned devils.

Two of the conjurers started spell casting while the third fired magic missiles at the blind Erevel.  The Air Walking Leader moved out of sight of Ciprian and began casting a spell.

The Esoteric Knights of Evolvement

"How long does it take to upgrade equipment?" Gavril inquired

"It depends on what update.  It will take 1 day per 1000 GP upgrade cost." Ciprian responded.

The group then spent two days finding blacksmiths to upgrade their equipment.  They were about selling items to finance new acquisitions.  The higher priced items were beyond their finances.

As the group was out they noticed six uniformed watchers who seemed to follow them around Cassomir.  Asking around, they learned that these were members of the Cassomir City Watch.

Reward

"This group seems to be tough," Erevel declared as she moved to attack two of the Raiders.

A raider fired at Paullus to no avail. "Not that tough!" he retorted.

The archer on top of the far building disappeared, though only Armania saw that.

Armania, Ciprian, Paullus and Ursina were all taking bleeding damage but Ciprian attacked in any event.

Ursina cast a Prayer on the party while Armania cast Boneshaker down upon the Captain.

The Docks of Cassomir

Armania and Paullus welcomed the rest of the party back to the Sellen Starling.

"What happened?  Did you defeat those phantoms of us?" inquired Paullus.

Before anyone could answer Armania jumped in, "Did you hear noises and a voice in your heads?"

"Yes we defeated all our Animate Dreams,"  Erevel exclaimed.

"Those voices were strange.  Did you see the vision of a strange city also?" Gavril asked.