Disparate adventurers find themselves gathering together in the town of Locath. Broxon and Clive arrived to the town look for jobs to gain gold and prove their capability. Buck was brought to the port in the custody of the Phaloxil navy having been taken in with capture of the pirates that had enslaved him. Finally, Xanstaer was taken from the ports, arrested of suspected piracy. The guards had assumed the autognome of being a creation of the notorious mechanist pirate Gormundus Idledoom. The collective was given opportunity to serve, recoup losses, and gain a better reputation seeking out a monster that had assaulted a carter bringing goods from Draman back to Locath.