Starving-Artist (Mission Note)

In a unexpected twist of fate, we were hired by two concerned individuals from the town of Kieralune who encountered our guild while they were last there undercover. The two, Giselle Vilania, accompanied by her friend Kelson Shalie, sought our help in locating her partner Jahid Masan, who had stormed off following a heated argument between the three. Jahid is a noble of House Masan, and is well-known in the continent as a painter. I received a tip from a trusted informant within the Azure East that the boy was staying at his family's vacation home in the Shrewd Sands Villas to the far east. Upon reaching the home after a week's travel, they were shocked to discover his painting studio, where he was said to have been holed up for the better part of a month, completely empty. Through some strange magical enchantments, they were transported within the very paintings on display in the studio, and fought through a number of painted foes to reach Masan. The mercenaries were able to retrieve his paintbrush, which we hypothesize is the cause behind the emotional outburst that led to him to flee to the Azure East. I turned this over to my informant Sha, in exchange for her tip on the boy's location.