Rumors, Return Trip prep, Foreshadowing thou art pain

"Hey, did you hear?"

"Hear what?"

"Something crazy happened last night."

Emerald Eye City was abuzz with rumor and speculation, as not just one but two exciting incidents happened one after the other, with some speculation that the two were related. A single fire could easily be chalked up as an accident, two in a row suggests arson.

"Did you guys go see that circus accident last night? It was crazy! Aether beasts and fire was everywhere!"

"I know, right?! Anyone figure out who did it?"

"No clue, but apparently a wandering Aether Master showed up and suppressed them all like it was nothing."

"No, it was two Masters and one of them was none other than the owner of the Golden Clover Auction house."

"So we're just ignoring the news that the Marquis's mansion was burnt down, his stuff tossed to the street and he was found dead and decapitated?"

"What?!"