Enter Ruvlia

Gary's turn to fight in the Silver Fur's fighting ring. He gives them the name "Mathew", which was probably very smart. He was fighting a halfling champion called "The Crusher" and... I'm not sure how to describe what we saw in there. The two of them were slippery. Gary in the Dexterious way and the Crusher in the... oily way.
 
Highlights from the fight: Gary kissed the guy, smashed his feet, crawled between his legs a bunch, got covered in the guys oil, and then won because he jabbed the Crusher in the eyes.
 
While we were leaving the ring, we heard an argument between someone and the bouncers. It looked to be a female dwarf, a bard as it turns out, because according to her, the Silver Fur stole her precious flute. Ruvlia Stonebreak, is her name, and she insists they stole it from her while they insist it was her fine for playing in the Boar and Toad. This area appears to be quite dirty, and very much under the influence of the Silver Furs, so we didn't even bother going to the police. They wouldn't bother giving us the flute back, all they mentioned was a "bank" that all their winnings went to.
 
When we couldn't get any information out of the Silver Furs about the flute, we brought Ruvlia to Fridga and her crew the following morning. Oh, but not before going to the Dog and Arrow for the night and learning the dog's name is Willabee. Fridga and Ruvlia were interesting to watch flirt? with each other? I think? I can't say I'm too familiar with all of that. Ruvlia kept asking about what it was we were doing in the city and how we knew Fridga, but I thought it best not to share anything with her about the tome. So she now thinks we are also looking for a flute. Seems as though she may be as gullible as Gargax, though I feel a little more guilty or uneasy using that to my advantage with her.
 
Since Fridga's crew has been in Shidon longer, we asked them for some assistance. They confirmed our worry that the Silver Fur organization runs the entire underground of the city and Prill agreed to stalk out their main hideout and wherever this "bank" may be.
 
In the meantime, waiting for Prill to return, we went up north to the Merchant's District to the Bard's Guild. Though since Ruvlia could only worry about her flute, she lost her desire to go inside. But to thank us for our help, she sharpened our weapons for us. Which was phenomenal work! I wouldn't have guessed her as a blacksmith, but she flashed around her Blacksmith membership insignia in order to use someone's grindstone and showed off her prowess. When I asked her about it, she was quite adamant that she wasn't a blacksmith and that she was a bard. Which is understandable, I'll be careful not to pry too much into her being a blacksmith and adopting her family's shop back home.
 
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Along came dusk and Prill finally returned to the townhouse to speak with us. She had some grave news that the "bank" had to be within their heavily guarded stronghold within the Bright Scepter District. They have control of a massive warehouse, maybe even more, heavily guarded by groups of thugs. Stealth doesn't seem like an option; I can't imagine we would be able to sneak in undetected. Brute force probably isn't wise either, we'd be no match for an entire gang. So, Prill sent us to check out the grounds ourselves and then devise a plan soon after.
 
It wasn't far from the alley that I heard a telltale tune waft through the air, and a butterfly gently wafted by our sights. Ruvlia stopped us and assured us not to be freaked out by her friend. As soon as Trevor's house appeared before us, Ruvlia was running forward and greeting Tyler and Kevin. It seems as though Ruvlia and Trevor have met! Well, at least we don't have to do any more introductions.