The party set out to gather intelligence on the guardsman - first seeking out some off duty guard at the tavern. Artemis buddied up to a drunk guardsman named Eulor, extracting information from him about Kal with regular and magical means. Kal, it seemed, was a particularly corrupt and vile guardsman - even judged against the low standards set by the main of the city guard who generally accept bribes and look the other way when their "friends" are pursuing their "business". Additionally, Eulor relayed that Kal often hung out at the Green Dragon Inn - a favorite haunt of the guard when off duty.
The party headed over to the Green Dragon Inn and easily spotted Borzio and his compatriots. After watching during a long night of drinking, they followed him home. Along the way, a group of shady characters approached him and Blake (or was it Larry?) overheard that they were expressing concern that Borzio may not be able to hold up his end of the bargain. Eventually, he appeased their concerns and headed home and fell asleep in a drunken stupor.
Staking out his house, the sneaky Blake (or was it Larry?) crept in through the window and inspected his home. Finding the keys on the bedside table, he opened the footlocker, removing a large bag of coins and some paperwork. In the meantime, Snyrdle set up a rope across the front door for Borzio to trip on upon awakening. Upon returning to the inn, the party found the bag full of silver and the paperwork to include references to many shady characters and links between them.
The next day, the party split in two. Half followed Borzio around and the other half went to talk to Eulor, who cautioned them against getting involved with Borzio and his shady dealings. Eventually, Borzio and his guardsman crew headed to a mansion in the weathly district of the city. The party lied in wait while it appeared that Borzio and his men were doing private guard duty at the house.
After some time, Borzio headed out of the house and headed into the stables. The shady characters the party had seen before headed out of the stables, through the gate and (with ropes) up and over the wall of the next property. In the meantime Blake (or was it Larry?) headed into the stables and found a trap door in the floor which led to some tunnels below.
Eventually the robbers returned, their bags full of loot. The party couldn't decide what to do. Should they kill the thieves and take their stuff? Kill Borzio? Shout out the alarm for the city guard? Turn Borzio in? Their indecision left a sizeable gap between themselves and the thieves who by now were down in the tunnels below. They waited for Borzio to return to the stables, knocked him out then once again couldn't decide what to do. Eventually, they tied him up and headed into the tunnels themselves.
Finding themselves in the sewers, they eventually were able to track down the band of thieves, whom they engaged in combat. After many arrows were fired, they recovered the stolen loot and looked for an exit from the sewers. The emerged into the moonlight near the city market and headed back to the inn.
* Note: I can't remember Snyrdle's real last name, but Snyrdleson goes so well that that's what I'm calling him for now. Here's what Snyrdle looks like:
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