D&D at the Games Tower

(Scroll for tl;dr) As they continued  their river cruise, The Adventurers™ searched the boat finding it had a cargo hold containing some rations, bed rolls and lots of rope.  They returned to the mysterious box on the deck and continued to examine it.  There was no obvious way to open it; its only notable feature was an inscription which read, “The more there is, the less you see.” Skonn suggested that they drag the box below deck where it was darker.  Once there the box opened and inside they found a vial of dark liquid suspected to be poison, a letter and a scrap of paper with instructions for the magic bowl they found on the pirate captain.  The letter contained orders to buy the lost orb, described as a deverstation orb, from the Hand of Yartar.  The letter also spoke of hidden treasure, should additional gold be needed.  The treasure was rumoured to be hidden under the long ruined Wrath Keep, about 80 miles to the north of Yartar.  Any treasure seekers were directed to the to

(Scroll for tl;dr) Leaving the bath house with only Skonn, Sorin, Arnogall and Balderpoor seeming alert, the party sought out  Helvur Tarnlar the clothier and  Imdarr   Relvaunder a priest of Tempus. They had both given the party a task to perform which the party had completed. The Adventurers™ now wanted to find out why they had been asked to do these things and more importantly if there were any reward.   Helvur came across as pompous and arrogant until Sorin showed him the signet ring they had found in Tricklerock Cave.  Helvur explained that he was a contact for the Lord’s Alliance.  He explained that this organisation is a loose coalition of established political powers concerned with mutual security and prosperity. Should the party help Helvur with a problem they would be invited to join alliance and gain powerful allies with access to useful resources.  He described how he had heard reports of a powerful orb that had been stolen from the Lord Protector’s vault in Triboa