Broken Masquerade

So, today began like most others. I awoke to the company of my team, we started first by going to investigate the regent whom suspiciously refused our lawful request for a warrant to the merchant's guild. Citing that it would be career suicide, I believe it is more likely that he is involved with the activity than he leads on.
As we go to investigate the activity inside the pyramid in the Hath ul Faraad district we uncover more of the crates, and more importantly, the body of Nelassar. She seems to be in a topor like state and in the same runic circle as the pale elf we uncovered in the pit.
We took one of the boxes with us for Guydaya to review, big mistake. As we opened the box I heard some kind of mechanism activate. I instantly rushed with the box out of the window taking it as far away from the structure as I could. It was a miracle I survived but I was perfectly content taking my life to save my friends. better one of us die than all of us.
 
Unfortunately, there were dozens of these boxes underneath the Pyramid which now lays a smoldering wreck. Reduced to a crumbled crater.
 
We have arrived at the foreigner quarter of the great city of Iharm , we have gained assess to speak to the great Marid-Shah, his name is Shah-El Tharam, and we are in the domain of Argmaraal. In order to conduct business we have inhaled from his hookah and had our bodies transitioned to another place. A sea of fire, with Marid and Ifrit confronting one another. It is a vision of the past, the great betrayal of the Ifrit Thahk-El-Rafa. eons ago when the Marid sent a group of commissaries of peace were ambushed and attacked. Marid-Shah requests we bring the head of this great betrayer. I feel conflicted about this, who am I to exact the judgement outside of the law.
 
The shah informs us that the Ifrit that we are after is exiled to the mortal plane, to the mountains that border the Norgebian empire. He resides with a coven of Jaani, they are by the peaks of the Ratha mountains by the origin of River Sulleyman
 
We have been affronted on the docks. A member of local enforcement has informed us our presence has been requested.
 
The Radio has just informed us that the 5th king since the overthrow of the Sulleyman lineage, the King was a renown Wizard who receded from the public 5 years ago due to an unknown illness. Leaving the control of the nation under the control of the Regent Ul Faraad. Whom I believe we worked for during the investigation of Hallenfell. Thoroughly suspicious.
 
As we left the chambers, we were contacted by a letter that said that we should meet tonight. We do not recognize the handwriting.
 
There are many implications that these delicate political networks threaten to ignite. Rumors of war with their southern neighbors in the Kuzkatharian Empire.