This group of evil villains is controlled by the vampire crime boss, The Shadowed One. His true identity is a mystery everyone is looking for. His minions scurry around in the shadows of Emerald Bay, in the poorest slums, where his control and manipulation work most dangerously. Lysander Thurwood has been investigating a shipment of rings beset with an dark evil curse, and upon closer inspection, he discovered a child screaming out for his mother, trapped inside the walls of the purple gemstone of the ring. He traced the rings to their last location, a warehouse owned by Southside Capital Importers. The Fey-Walker, Winks, a rabbit druid, sent to investigate the source of missing children by the Fey Court, happened by strange circumstance to enter a portal which deposited him in the same warehouse, where the rest of the party watched as Roric, a young gnome kid, was dumped out of bag and beat mercilessly. The heroes that they were jumped in to save him. After disposing of the guards and mercenaries, and facing some strong werewolves, who fled, the party ransacked the warehouse, and Kai discovered a powerful dark spirit lingering in a box of toys, with a logo painted on the box reading, Bellschwick's Toy Company, a gnome tinkerer shop in the The Amber District. Lysander found some important documents revealing a site where delays continually put off the rebuilding of a warehouse that burned down several years before. They torched the warehouse and fled the scene before anyone could show up. Several days later, the party found the workshop, and entered to confront the owner.