Diplomatic action
Korvix Norixius reveals he is an agent from a secret organization sent to uproot the Cult of the Dragon's influence in Cormyr. He lays out a crude plan to draw them into the open which leads to The Bucket Brigade capturing a member of said cult to interrogate. After some physical persuasion & intimidation, the cultist eventually reveals his two primary directives: 1.) Find a shadowy figure known as the Dark Merchant and 2.) search for a hidden entrance to a cult hideout owned by their rivals, the Church of Shar. Vinos Serrat decides to revisit the thieves guild after their efforts to question the locals and merchants comes up empty-handed. Vinos learns nothing about the Dark Merchant, but leaves the guild with a cotton napkin upon which was drawn a crudely drawn map to the entrance of the Sharran hideout.