Like their companions before them, Keyleth, Vax'ildan, and Tiberius begin their contract for the Slayer's Take. Along with a driven and mysterious young cleric named Kashaw and a hardened dwarf by the name of Thorbir, the group receives its mission. There, within the very walls of Vasselheim itself, they are to track down and kill an elusive rakshasa that has been preying on wealthy travelers. With a little poking about in the city streets, they conclude that their only thread of information leads to the Velvet Cabaret, an exotic establishment in the Duskmeadow District.