Amavin – There's a fair bit of chaos to be had in the citadel.
Gaudenzia – Has seen Graymist before in Ibbalan's service.
Kal – Saw Graymist execute some of her friends at her vineyard.
Matteo – Knows who made the vault and how deadly it is.
Rowan – Recognizes how devastating losing the money will be to the northwestern armies. Killing the leader of the armies during the chaos makes it more likely to collapse.
Tolstoy – Baal is angry that he hasn't been fed gold in a long while.

Strong Start

Preparations for Graymist. Graymist is coming.

Scenes

Graymist arrives.
Goal: Acquire the vault key from Sunray and remove the gold from the Mharoti Empire.
Chaos at Blackspire
Facing Sunray the Young Copper Dragon
The Vault of Blackspire
What to do with the gold
Next Steps:
- Recover the Helm of Teleportation from the Coliseum of the Red Sun.
- Kill Vestar the Shining Storm at Nurduran to shatter the Southern Dragoncoil Regiment.
- Recruit the Dragonhunters of Mot at the ancient statue of Mot outside of Siyaz and Sarkland.

There are three veterans and spies of Parsis who operate with the troops if Ibbalan.
Ibbalan was given authority over the treasure vault of Blackspire on behalf of Atesha and Parsis.
There are about two-dozens guards, three remaining veterans, two knights, and the wyvern along with Sunray the copper dragon.
The furnace known as the Maw of Baal used to serve as a place to sacrifice gold to the dragon god. It hasn't been used in a long while and Baal is angry about it.
Several priests of Baal worship at the altar but Baal considers them heretics because they won't give him gold.
A shadow road lies between Nurduran and Ashadar called the Scholar's Path. It's heavily guarded and watched by agents of both Parsis and Ibbalan.
The Scholar's Path is used to transfer gold between Ashadar and Nurduran for the war effort in the north west.
Ibbalan the Illustrious is heavily engaged in the current holding of Kyprion and Rumela, taken from the Seven Cities. The battles have been costly.
A switchback path behind Blackspire leads to an ancient golden throne to Baal that serves as a doorway to the Scholar's Path. Two clay golems guard the path's entrance.

6 Veterans and 2 spies of Parsis. 6 Veterans, 2 mages, 6 scouts, 24 soldiers of Ibbalan. 2 knights. Four priests of Baal (pg 369)
Wyvern mount (Deathsting).
Sunray the young copper dragon.

1,350,000 GP to pay the mercenaries (27,000 pounds)
1,200 gold bars (10 pounds x 500 GP) to pay for the supply line (12,000 pounds)
5 x bloodstone (100 gp each)
(dragon) beast buckle (common)
potion of clairvoyance (rare)
potion of greater healing (uncommon)
The Desert Falcon, +1 magic crossbow of Horus the Sky Lord (Southlands 238); Can cast fly once a day.