Ok, to move things along, I'm going to try and bring you all together. Please excuse the 'railroading', it's honestly just a side effect of the pbp-format.
PHELEN and BELOK:
Madame Gecko suggests if you want something enchanted, go ask those mages. She knows some minor talents in town, but nobody up to enchanting cloaks, and where'd you come into so much money, anyhow? She gives general directions to the burned out temple of Baelith.
Unless there is any objection I'm going to move you along to meet up with the other half of the group-Sher Farhid. See below!
DELMAR, THANE, LILLIANA:
To Delmar: The hobo was probably a real beggar as far as you can tell. He may have been cursed at some point, because he seems slightly afflicted.
Everyone: It's just now starting to get dark. By this time the hobo has wandered off, and there aren't many people walking around this part of the slums anyhow. From your vantage point the burned out shell of the old temple looks completely empty. The darkness gathers in slowly.
By Dusk, you all notice a very tall figure followed by a very short figure coming down a side street in your direction. It's Belok and Phelen! After standing around for a moment and exchanging greetings, you note a pair of hooded enrobed figures coming from another side street walking towards the burned out temple ruin. One of them is walking with a staff.
The moon is out by now.
From where you are standing, the two mysterious hooded figures walk beneath a crumbling stone arch in the front yard of the temple and up towards the gateway. They then turn and walk behind a low partially demolished wall. There is a slight flash of light, as if someone unsuccessfully sparked a torch from the far side of the wall, and then the street returns to darkness.
MEANWHILE:
Outside the town, SHER FARHID: Sher Farhid waits until long after night has fallen to return to town. He spots no obvious signs of ambush, but does note signs (about a day old) of a medium-large three-toed saurian tailed predator - he can tell this by the tracks. His sensitive tiger form also helps him spot some burned brush in an area that would likely be a good hunting spot if the prey were travellers or merchants- or even orcs or goblin nomads that come into town every once in a while. He can follow the trail a ways if he wants to, it looks like it leads to a series of desolate dunes.
