Loopshard

Although they had a bone to pick with Gillian, they avoided his tavern as they hurried through the Wine district. Adam was fairly sure that the proprietor was connected to the one that the laboratory bloodfiend had called the Maestro, so getting embroiled in that now might lead them down a rabbit hole they didn’t have time for.

The others slowed down when they reached the large bridge from the Wine district to Artisan, but Adam quickly reassured them that there were no bloodfiends around. Still, they didn’t linger and hurried across, with Adam’s compass leading them towards a lone workshop with a gloomy store connected to it. It was built from wood and stone, and had just a single floor, which made it seem much older than the other buildings around it.

From the shopfront, they got a good look at what was inside.

“I should’ve expected this,” Sofia said as she stared at the unmoving face of a doll hanging suspended in front of the window.

A sign above the door read ‘Puppet Maker Serkil’.

Luo looked down at Adam’s compass. “Is this really the right place?”

Adam gave him the compass. “Tell it to show you what you seek.”

Luo did as instructed, and the compass arrow spun around once before snapping back to point at the store in front of them. He handed the Relic back. “I just expected something else,” he muttered.

“What exactly did your patron tell you?” Adam asked him and Sofia.